ROME, N.Y. — The U.S. Air Force has awarded PAR Government Systems Corp. a $5 million contract award for research and development.
The company will service Rome Lab, the information directorate of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the three-year deal, PAR said in a news release issued Wednesday.
The deal represents the third announced contract that Rome Lab has awarded PAR Government since July 12.
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Rome Lab, which operates at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park in Rome, focuses on communications and cyber technology.
PAR Government is a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR).
PAR Technology, based in New Hartford, is a provider of restaurant/retail management technology systems and government-contract services.
PAR Government’s work on this contract will focus on the “special tactics tactical-assault kit (ST-TAK),” according to the release.
The PAR subsidiary will develop and deploy “innovative,” geospatial situational-awareness products on mobile devices to “effectively” manage information used for military operations to include “secure connectivity for data dissemination,” the company said.
PAR Government’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sector will perform the contract work.
PAR Government, which is headquartered in Rome, provides ISR services to the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. government agencies, and private industry.
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