ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has given BAE Systems a $60 million readiness and sustainment contract to support the service's Standard Missile program.
Under the contract, BAE will provide a range of services to establish and maintain the ship interfaces for the Standard Missile family and ensure the proper launching and communications for the missiles.
Services include systems and software engineering, systems integration, testing and computer-aided design.
"This contract continues our long history of performance as a leading systems integrator for the Navy," said Steve Metz, vice president of maritime programs at BAE Systems. "This work is vital to ships around the world equipped with Standard Missiles. It is of particular interest to our allied nations wishing to maintain anti-air warfare capability on existing platforms."
The five-year contract was awarded by the Navy's Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, which fields weapon systems for non-nuclear surface ships.
The award has a one-year term, with four option years. If all of the options are exercised, the total value could reach about $60 million.
