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TASC Won $1.6B Worth Federal Contracts Last Year

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TASC won more than $1.6 billion in contracts with federal government customers in the intelligence community (IC) during its 2011 fiscal year, says the company.  The total value of the awards includes base and option years; the company’s intelligence work comprises roughly 60 percent of TASC’s annual revenue.

TASC will deliver high-end systems engineering services and technology-enabled solutions centered on systems integration and mission capability; cloud engineering, including migration, security and analytics; IC transformation and planning; multi-discipline engineering; and IT modernization of collection operations and requirements.

Founded in 1966, TASC provides advanced systems engineering, integration and decision-support services to the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense and civilian agencies of the federal government.

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