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ManTech Awarded $10.8 Million Contract to Support Cyber Security Operations Center for the U.S. Department of Agriculture

^{Published on 2010-08-30 05:05:19 - Market Wire}
 

FAIRFAX, Va.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) ([ www.mantech.com ]), a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs, announced today that it received a new contract to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Agriculture Security Operations Center (SOC). Under the contract, ManTech will provide 24/7 incident handling and strategic support to help detect and report malicious cyber activities on the agencya™s enterprise information infrastructure. The contract, which has an initial period of one year and four one-year extension options, is estimated to be worth up to $10.8 million.

"ManTech is extremely pleased to have been selected by the USDA Office of the CIO to provide strategic support in detecting, reporting and responding to cyber threats to the agencya™s infrastructure"

The USDA OCIO is responsible for supervising and coordinating the design, acquisition, maintenance, use and disposal of information technology by USDA agencies and monitoring the performance of USDA's information technology programs and activities.

aManTech is extremely pleased to have been selected by the USDA Office of the CIO to provide strategic support in detecting, reporting and responding to cyber threats to the agencya™s infrastructure,a said L. William Varner, president and chief operating officer of ManTecha™s Mission, Cyber and Technology Solutions. aManTecha™s highly experienced cyber professionals, combined with the companya™s strong track record in building and managing security operations centers for government entities make ManTech well suited to help secure our nationa™s federal agencies from cyber attacks.a

About ManTech International Corporation

Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with approximately 9,100 professionals, ManTech is a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the intelligence community; the departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice; the space community; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and other U.S. federal government customers. ManTech's expertise includes systems engineering, systems integration, enterprise architecture, cyber security, information assurance, intelligence operations and analysis support, network and critical infrastructure protection, information operations and information warfare support, information technology, communications integration, global logistics and supply chain management, and service-oriented architectures. Additional information on ManTech can be found at [ www.mantech.com ].