DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a leading National Security company providing innovative engineering and technical solutions to Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security and Federal agencies, announced today that the United States Army (USA) has exercised a contract option to provide intelligence analysis in support of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB) Integrated GEOINT Division (IGD).
Under the terms of the contract option, MacB will increase situational awareness in accordance with United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs). Dedicated MacB intelligence specialists will provide data analysis and update IGD Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) products with operationally relevant information.
"The 513th provides critical intelligence and increased situational awareness to Combatant Commands throughout the world," said Mark Chadason, Senior Vice President and General Manager of MacB's National Security Group. "We are proud of the partnership we have developed with the 513th and look forward to continuing to provide them with 24/7 intelligence analysis and measurement support."
In addition to mission analysis support, MacB will provide critical IT support to the Army's GEOINT Enterprise Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TPED) Service (GETS) web-based system. GETS improves situational awareness through a common, web-enabled GEOINT and MASINT reporting and dissemination capability with a fully integrated geo-database, Google Earth and GIS map servers.
The contract was awarded as part of the 513th MIB GEOINT, MASINT and GETS Systems and Applications Support Contract.
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