According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $160,219,917 for operations and maintenance support to communications equipment and information systems, Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, 160th Signal Brigade and subordinate units, Southwest Asia Theater.

Work will be performed in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2016. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $160,219,917 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, is the contracting activity.

LENOIR CITY — Sterling Global Operations (SGO), an international stability operations company, has recently been awarded contracts totaling more than $350 million for risk management, demining, and explosives management in the Middle East and Africa. The contracts are with governmental and commercial clients and extend over the next five years.

"It's rewarding to our employees personally that we safeguard U.S. military members and civilians in foreign countries from landmines and other explosive remnants of war," said Matt Kaye, SGO chief executive officer. The services we provide often take us into conflict and post-conflict areas to reduce or eliminate risk, at less cost, that our clients would otherwise face," he said.