Data Collection Solution: Army Awards Westar $100 Million Contract To Continue Sample Data Collection And Analysis Services

The Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA), an analysis organization of the U.S. Army, has awarded Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., a QinetiQ North America company, a five-year, $100 million re-compete contract for continued support to its Sample Data Collection (SDC) program.

Under the contract, Westar will collect data on equipment usage and maintenance from garrison environments, field training exercises and combat areas, and help the Army provide timely, comprehensive studies and analyses based on the data. Westar's data collection and analysis services will be applied to all Army equipment, such as ground combat systems, tactical wheeled vehicles and aviation systems.

"Westar's job is to help AMSAA improve the performance, availability, maintainability and reliability of weapon systems by collecting, analyzing and reporting 'at-the-source-validated' logistics data," said Michael Gross, Westar Program Manager, SDC. "For example, we collect empirical data during periods of intensive field training to improve the data base and help the Army to compute more realistic combat usage factors."

SDC data are used to optimize the Army's parts usage, maintenance and manpower requirements in support of combat, peace-keeping and disaster-relief forces.

Westar has provided AMSAA with sample data collection and analysis services since 1992, when the company's logistics information management arm was then known as COBRO Corporation. Today, Westar provides these services at virtually every major Army installation around the world. In addition to the U.S., this includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait and Qatar.

About Westar
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. is a leading systems engineering contractor with more than 1,200 professionals around the world delivering high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics information management and IT technical support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments and select commercial customers. For more information: www.westar.com

About QinetiQ North America
QinetiQ North America Operations LLC has more than 5,000 engineers and technologists who work in partnership with customers to develop innovative technology solutions to meet the challenges of national defense, homeland security and information access. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group PLC., one of the world's leading defense and security technology companies. For more information: www.QinetiQ-na.com.

SOURCE: QinetiQ North America