Engility to support development of automated aerial refueling technologies

Engility Holdings has won a re-compete task order from the U.S. Navy for technical services support to the Naval Air Warfare Center.

The award is specifically for the center's Air Traffic Control Systems Division and involves helping development of technologies for performing automated aerial refueling with commercial and military tankers and manned and unmanned air systems.

Services provided include program management, electrical and electronic engineering, software engineering, mechanical engineering and design, system architecture, guidance quality analysis, test planning, flight test data analysis, and rapid-prototyping of electro-mechanical systems, Engility Holdings said.

"Engility personnel have supported development of GPS technologies for the Navy's automated aerial refueling program for more than 10 years,", said Engility President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Smeraglinolo. "This award reinforces our company's outstanding technical capabilities and strengthens our position as a prime provider of technical services.

"The capability to refuel an unmanned aircraft will allow the Navy to extend the range and time aloft of its UAS platforms and we are proud to support this critical program and help develop these mission essential technologies."

The cost-plus-fixed-fee task order is for a base period of one year with four one-year options. Its value is $27.5 million.