Missile Defense Agency taps CSC for program support

The Missile Defense Agency is responsible for maintaining an integrated and layered ballistic missile defense system to protect the United States, its deployed forces and allies against enemy ballistic missile attacks.

CSC will provide technical and program support to site of the Missile Defense Agency around the globe under a $22.2 million contract.

Under the contract, CSC will provide specialized technical and programmatic, advisory and assistance services, the Defense Department said Sept. 12.

The Falls Church, Va., systems integrator will conduct the work at various agency sites in the United States and abroad, DOD said. The work is expected to be finished by Sept. 30, 2009. The Missile Defense Agency office in Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting authority.

The Missile Defense Agency is responsible for maintaining an integrated and layered ballistic missile defense system to protect the United States, its deployed forces and allies against enemy ballistic missile attacks. CSC has supported the agency since 1988, according to the company’s Web site.