Engility wins $40 million electronic warfare weapons system contract

Engility Holdings, Inc. announced on April 16 that it has won a $40 million single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to support modifications of electronic warfare (EW) weapons systems for several of U.S. Navy and Australian aircraft.

The contract was awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWC WD), in China Lake, CA.

The contract also includes support for unmanned air systems, flight simulators and training systems, as well as advanced electronic attack derivatives and initiatives. Services to be provided by Engility include intelligence data analysis, systems engineering, in-service hardware and software engineering, test and evaluation, EW data and systems development, threat analysis, threat defeat and mission planning.

“We are honored to continue our work supporting the U.S. Navy and the electronics warfare weapons system contract,” said Engility’s president and CEO, Tony Smeraglinolo. “The highly-skilled Engility team working on this program has done an outstanding job and I know they are very proud to support our Navy customer.”

This five-year contract is a re-compete win and aircraft specified for the EW modifications include the EA-6B, EA-18G, MH-60R, BAMS and P-8A. The bulk of the work will be performed at NAWC WD in Point Mugu, CA, with additional work taking place at Nellis Air Force Base, NV; and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA.