The company will provide research, development, test, and evaluation for Strategic Systems Programs and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane
RESTON, Va.—Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) reported that it was awarded a $63 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic mission solutions for the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane (NSWC Crane, Indiana), Strategic Systems Hardware Division (GXW).
In a release, SAIC said it will enhance hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic missions focused on next-generation systems, subsystems, components, features, and technologies to include Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SWIL) simulations, and manufacturing techniques.
“Every day, SAIC provides expertise in systems integration and delivery solutions in support of the U.S. Navy’s strategic priorities,” said Barbara Supplee, senior vice president, Navy Business Group at SAIC, in the release. “We look forward to furthering the full lifecycle of research and development, technology maturation, test, and evaluation, and eventually the insertion of next-generation technology for hypersonics through our work at the Navy’s Crane facility and other key performance locations.”
Science Applications International Corp.’s continuing support to NSWC Crane will also include developing unique test capabilities, assessing and addressing technology gaps, recommending requirements and solutions for hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic mission areas, identifying critical enabling technologies, and assessing a technology’s suitability for specific applications including flight qualification. It will assist SSP and NSWC Crane in driving quick-reaction analysis and rapid engineering principles across Department of Defense hypersonic advanced concepts and strategic mission initiatives to enable continued technological superiority, according to the release.
Additional support by SAIC will include developing improvements to leading-edge technologies, including new technical approaches and opportunities for technology transfer and integration. It will also include inserting, enhancing, modernizing, and sustaining state-of-the-art hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic mission technologies to keep pace with continually emerging and evolving threats, the company said.