SAIC Awarded $24M Contract by Naval Health Research Center

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) to provide research and development support services to the NHRC Warfighter Performance department. The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total contract value of approximately $24 million, if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in San Diego, Calif. The NHRC Warfighter Performance department conducts research related to the measurement, maintenance, restoration, enhancement, and modeling of human performance in military operational environments. Under the contract, SAIC will provide research and development support services specifically in aspects of human performance, physiology and psychology investigative studies that involve planning, coordinating, designing, and executing experimental protocols that meet with the overall mission of the research objectives. Work will include the study and development of new strategies for enhancing human performance, including: load carriage impact on injury and performance; thermoregulation as it relates to prevention of heat illness and return to duty from a heat injury; exposure to cold temperature and cold water operations; operations performed at altitude; surveillance markers of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) relative to biomechanics and cognitive function; definition of patterns of resiliency to physical and psychological injury; enhance training strategies to improve post deployment behavioral health outcomes; and establish return-to-duty criteria for wounded service members. "We are pleased to continue supporting the Naval Health Research Center and providing the scientific and technical expertise to help ensure our military personnel are ready for duty, and can perform at the highest levels - both physically and psychologically," said Steve Comber, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. About SAIC