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Jacobs awarded follow-on contract for the Missile Defense Agency

By TechTaffy Desk

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded the Integrated Research & Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) follow-on contract for the Missile Defense Agency, a research, development and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense.

Jacobs will provide integrated solutions to support concurrent test, training and operations within the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) mission platform and the execution of the Missile Defense Agency’s enterprise communications and information technology environment.

The maximum value of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is $4.6 billion over the duration of the five-year base contract and three award- term years. The primary work sites are located in Alabama, Colorado, and Virginia.

[Image courtesy: Missile Defense Agency]

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