FAIRFAX, Va., June 02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) a task order under its Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA II) contract to provide systems engineering services to the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. The task order has a 1-year base period of performance with two 1-year options and a contract ceiling of $29.2 million.
Under the task order, ManTech will provide systems engineering services; including development and assessments of program requirements; concepts of operations; and alternatives, cost-performance tradeoff, and life-cycle cost analyses. ManTech will also develop system engineering, risk management, configuration management, quality control, and integrated logistics support plans; provide technology insertion and process improvement assessments; and perform a variety of additional systems engineering services.
"DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate plays a key role in leveraging our nation’s technological resources to help protect the homeland," said Daniel J. Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech's Mission Solutions & Services Group. “ManTech has long been a quality provider of engineering, IT and cyber solutions to DHS, and we are honored to be selected to provide our systems engineering solutions in support of their important mission.”
About ManTech International Corporation
ManTech is a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the intelligence community; the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the health and space communities; and other U.S. federal government customers. We provide support to critical national security programs for approximately 50 federal agencies through approximately 1,100 current contracts. ManTech's expertise includes cyber security; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions and services; information technology (IT) modernization and sustainment; intelligence/counter-intelligence solutions and support; systems engineering; healthcare analytics and IT; global logistics support; test and evaluation; and environmental, range, and sustainability services. ManTech supports major national missions, such as military readiness and wellness, terrorist threat detection, information security and border protection. Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Statements and assumptions made in this press release, which do not address historical facts, constitute "forward-looking" statements that ManTech believes to be within the definition in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control. These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes we anticipate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results we anticipate include, but are not limited to, the following: failure to obtain option awards, task orders, or funding under contracts; failure to realize the full amount of our backlog; renegotiation, modification, or termination of our contracts; or failure to perform in conformity with contract terms or our expectations. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in ManTech's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and, from time to time, in ManTech's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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