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August 14, 2024 | BUSINESS WIREEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a $120 million, five-year, cost-plus fixed-fee contract by Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to continue the support of Tactical Training Group Pacific’s (TTGP) fleet training mission.
"This contract reinforces SAIC’s reputation for providing the mission-critical training to the U.S. Navy since 1992," said Barbara Supplee, executive vice president, Navy Business Group at SAIC. "We are fully committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of the support we provide to ensure that the Navy's training needs are reliably and efficiently met."
The contract supports TTGP, Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific, Carrier Strike Group 15 and Tactical Training Group Pacific, Yokosuka (TTGPDY) in their mission to provide advanced tactical training to deploying Navy personnel to improve their proficiency in war fighting and joint operations.
SAIC will continue to provide required professional technical services for Fleet Synthetic Training (FST) and Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) war game development and execution, along with subject matter expert classroom instruction in warfighting doctrine and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) utilizing government furnished training systems and facilities, both at sea and on land.
To date, SAIC has provided Navy tactical course and fleet training requirement support under contracts spanning both the East and West coast Tactical and Expeditionary Warfare school houses. SAIC’s scenario creation, training plans and instructor development programs provide efficient solutions to evolving TTGP requirements while offering the lowest transition risk to meet this complex mission.
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