CHANTILLY, Va., May 31 (UPI) -- Systems engineering and decision-support company TASC Inc. has received $54 million in task orders from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The task orders are to support Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
"Any failure of our homeland security systems could have catastrophic consequences," said Bruce Phillips, vice president of Infrastructure Protection and Security at TASC. "Our goal is to support the DNDO with assessments of the operational employment, technical capabilities and performance levels of its systems before they are deployed in the field.
"Few companies can do what TASC can do: We assist our national and homeland security customers with systems engineering expertise and analytic insights that help them make informed technology and acquisition decisions for the long term."
Under the awards the DNDO's Architecture Directorate, Product Acquisition and Deployment Directorate and the Systems Engineering and Evaluation Directorate, will receive mission and architecture analysis, systems engineering, test and evaluation and modeling and simulation services from TASC.
"One of the toughest challenges today is balancing homeland security objectives with resource constraints," said Phillips. "Good systems engineering helps ensure systems are capable, agile, effective and affordable."
