Jacobs Wins Patriot Excalibur Software and Systems Engineering Support Contract
April 06 2016 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it
received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Patriot
Excalibur (PEX) software and systems engineering support. The
contract is valued at $36.5 million over three years.
The PEX software enables the integration of various functional
areas of a squadron organization, improves the ability to share
information and enhances situational awareness across
operations.
PEX is based on the Agile software development methodology, and
the U.S. Air Force PEX solutions utilize cloud computing and mobile
technologies.
Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is expected to provide
expertise to help maintain the PEX software, deliver system
engineering services and support field implementations to manage
and track unit readiness of operations for more than 1,000 flying,
non-flying and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
units. Services are to be delivered using development processes
appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® Level
3.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Senior Vice President
Aerospace and Technology Darren Kraabel stated, “Jacobs is proud to
continue our longstanding work with the Air Force. As an Agile
development early-adopter and leader, Jacobs has earned consecutive
contract awards to support PEX for the Air Force since the
program’s inception in 1998. With this new contract, Jacobs
continues to be an innovator in merging the efficiencies of Agile
development with Department of Defense acquisition requirements and
Air Force policy.”
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers
of technical, professional and construction services.
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