Engility lands $11 million contract to support USAF’s remotely piloted aircraft

Engility Holdings, Inc. announced on April 24 that it has been awarded an $11 million contract to provide a range of operational and technical support services to the remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems operated by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) 432d Wing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.

“This is an outstanding win in the important ISR market space and it further expands our work and capability supporting RPA missions, platforms, and ground support systems.”

Engility will provide mission planning, network administration, information assurance, and security management support for worldwide real-world operations, training missions and simulations for the RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned aerial vehicle with Low Observable Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) technologies.

“We are honored to have the opportunity to serve the U.S. Air Force and our nation by supporting the Sentinel mission,” said Engility president and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo. “This is an outstanding win in the important ISR market space and it further expands our work and capability supporting RPA missions, platforms and ground support systems.”

The award, which represents new work for Engility and this Air Force customer, is a three-year, firm fixed price contract.