PAR Technology wins $9.5 million subcontract award

NEW HARTFORD — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) today announced that BAE Systems, has awarded PAR subsidiary, Rome Research Corp. (RRC), a $9.5 million subcontract to work on a naval-communications program.

The 25-month pact is for the operation and maintenance of multiple communications facilities operating under Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) program.

Under the contract, RRC will provide critical command, control, telecommunications, computers, and intelligence and strategic communications throughout the Pacific theater and Indian Ocean for the Department of Defense (DoD), National Security Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Homeland Security and allies throughout the Pacific theater and Indian Ocean, PAR said in a news release.

“We are pleased that BAE Systems selected Rome Research Corporation to support the NCTAMS PAC Program. RRC has a long history of integrating, managing, and controlling a variety of communications interfaces between the Defense Information System Network terrestrial and tactical satellite communications assets and continues to provide critical support to numerous DoD operating locations around the world,” Steve Lynch, president of PAR’s government operations, said in the release.

The company says the main goal of the effort is to support daily operations at strategic military installations in Hawaii, specifically the Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitter Facility, the Kaneohe Bay Tactical Support Communications Facility, and the Wahiawa DOD SATCOM Facility. RRC provides around-the-clock operations and maintenance of communications systems supporting deployed soldiers. Additionally, RRC personnel will provide support for the U.S. Air Force High Frequency (HF) Global Communications System, a worldwide network of 15 high-power HF stations providing command and control communications between ground agencies and U.S. military aircraft and ships, the release said.

RRC, headquartered in Rome, says it’s a telecommunications and information-technology services company that provides on-site support to the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal-government agencies. It has operations at 50 locations worldwide.

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