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ManTech To Support DARPA’s Military Technology Office

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected ManTech International Corp. [MANT] as the main support firm for its Strategic Technologies Office (STO) with a potentially $200 million multi-year contract announced August 1.ManTech will provide critical analysis and risk assessment for the DARPA office tasked with researching and developing military technologies, specifically Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) tools. The contract was finalized on June 20, and begins with a first-year initial base contract followed by four one-year…

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