CSC will sell the aviation maintenance, base operations and maintenance, test and training range and space range businesses of ATD, while retaining the division’s training and simulation business. ATD currently performs work at more than 20 client locations in the continental United States

“The sale of ATD supports our realignment of company assets with our strategy of leading into the next generation of technology solutions and services, including cybersecurity, big data and cloud computing,” said CSC President and CEO Mike Lawrie.

PAE’s dedicated focus providing mission-critical services to the U.S. government and its allied partners will ease the transition for clients and employees, a CSC release said. ATD’s senior management team and its approximately 5,400 employees will transfer to PAE as part of the agreement.

In fiscal year 2013, ATD revenue was approximately $760 million with low-to-mid single-digit operating margins. ATD revenue has been reported within CSC’s North American Public Sector (NPS) and will be recast as discontinued operations.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of various consents and an anti-trust clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. CSC expects to close the transaction in the summer of 2013.

Pacific Architects and Engineers – PAE, a leading provider of global mission services, also announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with CSC, to purchase its Applied Technology Division. The transaction is expected to close this summer.

“The Applied Technology Division has a long and distinguished heritage of providing quality services to the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and other government customers,” said PAE President Mike Dignam. “This acquisition is in line with our strategy to expand PAE’s strong portfolio by adding companies with proven capabilities and a customer-focused workforce culture. We look forward to working with the Applied Technology Division as we together address the opportunities in today’s dynamic market.”

The Applied Technology Division is comprised of approximately 5,400 employees who provide aviation maintenance, base operations and maintenance, test and training range and space range support of critical U.S. Government installations.

The acquisition of the Applied Technology Division will introduce military and space testing and training services as a new capability in PAE’s portfolio, and will significantly increase the number of PAE clients in the federal services market.

For more than fifty years, PAE has provided training, logistics, and operations and maintenance services to support complex missions for customers around the world. PAE currently employs approximately 10,000 people in more than 60 countries and is headquartered in Arlington, Va.

Birjas pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2010, to one count of bribery conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy.

According to court documents, Birjas was a contract employee in the Host Nation Affairs office at Camp Arifjan between approximately 2004 and August 2007. In this position, his responsibilities included translating documents, handling customs matters, and identifying Kuwaiti companies capable of providing certain goods and services to the U.S. military in Kuwait. Through his work, Birjas had frequent contact with U.S. Army contracting officials, including officials who were regularly receiving unlawful payments from individuals who had contracts with, or were seeking contracts from, DoD.

According to court documents, Birjas, acting at the direction of a contractor working in Kuwait, developed corrupt relationships with certain U.S. Army contracting officials, including Sergeant First Class Richard Evick, who was deployed to Camp Arifjan as the senior procurement non-commissioned officer, Major Christopher Murray and Major James Momon. By bribing these Army contracting officials in 2005 and 2006, Birjas assisted the contractor in obtaining a total of more than $1.7 million in connection with DoD contracts to provide various goods and services to the U.S. military. In return, Birjas received a share of the profits that the contracts generated and was allowed to live rent-free in a villa in Kuwait that contained a hidden safe.

Court documents indicate that Birjas, among other things, paid Murray approximately $90,000; paid Evick approximately $22,000; and paid for Evick’s and Momon’s airplane and hotel expenses to allow them to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Dubai. According to court documents, Birjas also allowed Momon to hide approximately $680,000 worth of his bribe money in Birjas’s safe at the villa.

Birjas admitted that, after Momon had returned to the United States at the end of his tour, Birjas agreed to assist Momon in arranging for $250,000 of Momon’s bribe money to be transferred from Kuwait to the United States. Birjas admitted to working out the details of this agreement with Evick and one of Evick’s associates, Crystal Martin, a former master sergeant in the Army who operated a concession to sell clothing at U.S. military bases in Kuwait. According to court documents, Birjas delivered approximately $85,000 worth of Momon’s bribe money to Martin for ultimate delivery to Momon in the United States.

The case against Birjas arose out of an investigation into corruption at the Army contracting office at Camp Arifjan, which has led to charges against 19 individuals, all of whom have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial.

The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Peter C. Sprung, Edward J. Loya Jr., Eric G. Olshan and Timothy J. Kelly of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. The case is being investigated by special agents of the DCIS, the Army Criminal Investigation Command Division, the FBI and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

To Date, 19 Individuals Have Pleaded Guilty or Been Convicted at Trial in Ongoing Corruption Investigation