Parsons Awarded $170M Defense Threat Reduction Agency Task Order
CENTREVILLE, Va., July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the company was awarded a task order by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under the Assessments, Exercises, Modeling, and Simulation Support indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity multiple award task order contract. The $170 million ceiling value task order to provide continued support to the agency consists of a one-year base period and four one-year option periods under the company’s Federal Solutions segment and includes existing and new work for the company.
Under this task order, Parsons will conduct vulnerability assessments, technical support projects, design reviews, and analyses in support of Department of Defense (DOD) and DTRA efforts; task order work also includes support to DTRA’s Nuclear Enterprise Directorate operational programs.
“Parsons is a trusted partner and security solutions provider to organizations around the globe,” said Jon Moretta, president, Engineered Systems, for Parsons. “We’re proud to deliver innovative solutions that empower our customers to counter and mitigate a broad spectrum of existing and emerging vulnerabilities and threats. We look forward to bringing our expertise, experience, and resources to DTRA and to providing technology solutions and operational support that advance the DTRA mission.”
DTRA provides cross-cutting solutions that enable DOD, the United States government, and international partners to deter strategic attack against the U.S. and its allies; prevent, reduce, and counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and emerging threats; and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.
For more than 20 years, Parsons has supported DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction and Nuclear Enterprise Directorates through program areas addressing chemical weapons and strategic offensive arms, nuclear security, and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including projects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Additionally, Parsons supports mission assurance assessments and provides leading edge expertise in engineering, multi-discipline security operations, mission analysis, threat analysis, electromagnetic protection, operational readiness and emergency management, cyber transport and communications, and cyber threat solutions.
To learn more about Parsons’ global security and mission solutions, visit Parsons.com/security-and-mission-solutions/.
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