STRICOM Contract Focuses on Worldwide Support for Trainers.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 November 2000
• Author: Willingham, Stephen

DynCorp, in Reston, Va., won an eight-year, contract, worth up to $752 million, to service and maintain simulation trainers for the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps, company officials announced. The task order covers maintenance of the two services' trainers, including those being used by U.S. troops in the Balkans.

"Troops deployed in peacekeeping missions need to keep their war-fighting skills sharp," commented David W. Manning, director for logistics at the U.S. Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM), in Orlando, Fla. "The longer that troops are on deployment, the more their skills degrade. That's why they take their simulators with them."

DynCorp said the...