CHANTILLY, Va., May 19, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- American Systems Corporation (ASC) has been awarded an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract, referred to as Training Systems Contract (TSC) II, from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Orlando, Training Systems Division, a planned follow-on to the original FY2000 TSC for which ASC was a prime contractor. ASC is one of only eight companies to have been awarded a TSC II Lot II award for technology-based curricula. Under TSC II ASC can bid on task/delivery orders for training products and services required by the naval aviation community. The total ceiling cost is estimated to be $3,000,000,000 and it is estimated that $1,000,000,000 will be obligated against Lot II efforts over an eight-year period.
To win this competitive award, ASC formed a team of subcontractors, the core of which includes Camber Corporation, SAIC, Alion Science and Technology Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation-Veridian (NYSE:GD) and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN). The task/delivery orders under this contract will solicit training services based on the Instructional Systems Development process. Lot II encompasses requirements for Instructional Systems, Human Performance Systems, Job Performance Aids, Curricula (including hardware and software), Computer-Based Training, Distributed Learning, Electronic Classrooms, Learning Centers, and Modeling and Simulation.
ASC has successfully delivered training devices and products to NAVAIR Orlando and their fleet customers for over 18 years. Under TSC II, ASC's will continue to provide the training materials military operators, maintainers, and support personnel required to accomplish their missions. The new and updated training courseware products ASC will develop may be delivered via CD-ROM, DVD, and the Internet and are specifically required to operate anywhere on the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet environment. These products will be able to interface with the Navy's Integrated Learning Environment and other Learning Management Systems; and they will conform to SCORM (Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model) requirements. The ASC team will use Reusable Learning Object/ Reusable Information Object methodologies to significantly increase the reusability and affordability of the training products they develop.
About NAVAIR Orlando, Training Systems Division
The NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division (TSD) is the Navy's source for a full range of innovative products and services that provide complete training solutions to improve the performance of Sailors and Marines. By integrating the science of learning with performance-based training and measuring the effectiveness of the training they provide, NAVAIR Orlando TSD facilitates continuous learning across aviation, surface, and undersea applications.
About American Systems Corporation
Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, ASC is a privately held, employee-owned company of 1,400 engineers, training experts, logisticians, communications and security designers, and program management and acquisition professionals. With 22 offices nationwide, ASC provides a full range of IT, consulting, infrastructure design and installation, and training products and services.
ASC business lines include systems engineering and professional technical services, specialized instructor-led training services, modeling and simulation products, software development, systems and network integration, national rollouts of network and POS systems, Help Desk 2000 services, and related IT services for our client base in government, defense, telecommunications, commercial, and retail markets.
For more information, visit www.2asc.com.