SGIS is
awarded a network support contract with
the united
states air force
Vienna, VA (February 7, 2007) –SGIS announced today that the Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), an agency of the
United States Air Force, has awarded SGIS an Enterprise Operations Center
Network Support Contract supporting the 690th Intelligence Support
Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
The
scope of the contract for SGIS includes: Systems Administration, Network
Administration, Hardware Maintenance and Help Desk Support. The contract is valid until September 30,
2007, with two one-year options extending through September 30, 2009.
“It
is a great honor to have been chosen for our services by the U.S. Air Force and
the Air Intelligence Agency,” said Linda Beardsley, SGIS Vice President of
Defense Services. “This is a great
opportunity to offer our capabilities to Air Force customers and grow our
support for them, as well as to grow our TS/SCI support for the Department of
Defense. SGIS remains at the forefront
of the latest technology as we continue to serve our country and citizens, and
we are proud to be a part of such important initiatives.”
SGIS provides services and solutions that help to defend the
United States
and its citizens from threats, to provide advanced tools to soldiers who defend
the nation and to assist government agencies in running their business more
effectively. SGIS has teamed with
numerous organizations within the Intelligence, Homeland Security, Defense and
Space communities to form alliances needed for successful missions. SGIS partnered with the
United States
government and joined
the Counter Terrorism and Counter Intelligence effort, quickly becoming a major
component of several government agencies’ support teams. SGIS provides some of the highest quality
Intelligence Analysis and Border Control services available in the country as
well. The company’s teams of highly trained
and security cleared experts work diligently to prevent terrorist attacks
within the
United States
and
reduce
America
’s
vulnerability to terrorism. When
necessary, SGIS deploys with the troops they support. SGIS supports critical services for the U.S.
Military, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Pentagon, the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to name a few.
SGIS
was recently awarded the 2006 Governor’s Entrepreneurship Award in
Florida
’s
Mega Market
,
South
Florida
Business Journal’s 2006 Technology
Award and
was ranked the 13th Fastest Growing New Company in
America
in 2006
on Entrepreneur Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Hot 100 List. SGIS currently has eleven offices
throughout the
United States
,
including a branch in
Vienna
,
Virginia
,
which serves the
Washington
,
D.C.
Metro Area.
For more information
on SGIS, please visit us on the Web at www.SGIS.com.
About Air
Intelligence Agency
The Air
Intelligence Agency's headquarters is at Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas
; although, the
agency's 12,000 people serve at approximately 70 locations around the world. The agency's mission is to deliver
multi-source intelligence products, applications, services and resources. It also provides expertise in the areas
of information warfare, command and control warfare, security, acquisition,
foreign weapons systems and technology, and treaty monitoring.
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