Sumaria Systems serves as subcontractor on Northrop Grumman’s $239 million SEMS II contract

BELLEVUE, Neb. - Sumaria Systems, Inc., provider of information, technology, engineering and professional services and solutions, is serving as a subcontractor to the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) on its $239 million SEMS II contract win. This cost-plus-award-fee contract includes a one-year base and four option years.

SEMS II systems deliver accurate, relevant, and timely space and terrestrial environmental information anywhere in the world, enabling commanders at all levels to anticipate battlespace conditions and improve critical decision making. The program supports the Air Force Weather Agency's (AFWA’s) mission to maximize air, space, cyberspace and land power by enabling decision makers to exploit relevant environmental information across the full spectrum of warfare.

"Sumaria has been part of the Northrop Grumman SEMS Team since the program’s inception in 2002, and we are honored to continue supporting Northrop Grumman and its AFWA customer with the highest levels of customer quality service," stated George Duffield, Vice President of St. Louis Regional Operations.

As a Northrop Grumman subcontractor on the SEMS program, Sumaria supports the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) by operating the AFWA Customer Support Center (CSC) and providing worldwide 24x7 technical support for 14 weather weapons systems to more than 100 units and operating locations worldwide. Sumaria staff also provide AFWA Single Point of Operations and Control (ASPOC) support, and software development and support for the Cloud Depiction and Forecasting System Version II (CDFSII).

Recently, Sumaria Systems was selected for the 2006 Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Supplier Excellence Award for its work in support of the SEMS Program. This award honors suppliers that have contributed substantively to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ success through their technical capability and commitment to producing quality products and services.

Sumaria manages its SEMS II Program functions out of its Bellevue, Neb., office which is part of Sumaria’s St. Louis Regional Operations Center.

To see Northrop Grumman’s news release on its SEMS II contract award, please Click Here.

About Sumaria Systems, Inc.
Sumaria Systems, Inc. is a $40 million ISO 9001:2000 certified and CMM® Level III assessed Information, Technology, Engineering and Professional services and solutions company headquartered in Danvers, Mass. Since its inception in 1982, Sumaria has provided a wide variety of IT and Professional services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and additional government agencies. Sumaria’s geographic network of offices provides a full-range of services and local capabilities to our clients, including value-added software engineering, systems integration, and network solutions that enhance client productivity and support client cost savings through technological efficiencies and service outsourcing. (www.sumariasystems.com)

About Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector is one of the premier integrators of complex, mission-critical systems. The sector develops and sustains systems that enable the Department of Defense and the intelligence community to execute missions at all levels of command: tactical, operational and strategic. Internationally, Mission Systems defense, security and air traffic control solutions offer technology and expertise that few companies can equal.

Applying deep legacy and domain expertise, Mission Systems is a recognized leader in:

• Command, Control & Communications
• Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
• Missile Systems

Mission Systems works where its customers work. The sector employs more than 16,500 people in 47 states, including Washington, D.C., and 20 countries. Annual revenues are approximately $6 billion.
(www.ms.northropgrumman.com/home/main.html)

About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $32 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide. (www.northropgrumman.com/)

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