The contract, which includes a base period of one year, has a maximum value of approximately $10 million to URS, if all option periods are exercised. Under the contract, URS will provide maintenance support and property accountability for military equipment for the Department of State and Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq. URS will support critical equipment including a variety of tactical communications systems, the Giraffe radar-based surveillance and air defense command and control system, and the FLIR Star SAFIRE III sensor systems.
Contract award
Department of Defense re-newed Hawker Beechcraft Corp contract in Iraq for $15 million for throughout the 2014 fiscal year. Hawker Beech
raft employs 5,400 personnel worldwide. The employee population consists of jobs ranging from engineering to manufacturing operations, customer support, marketing, and administration.
Over the last 10 years, the Iraqi government has committed to purchasing several billion dollars worth of U.S. military equipment. Since the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, more than a dozen large U.S. defense firms have deployed personnel and equipment to support these programs.