Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.'s Systems Engineering Solutions (SES) group has won its fourth consecutive contract to support the National Assessment Group's (NAG) mandate to provide low cost, responsive evaluations to Department of Defense (DoD) programs.

The Ball Aerospace SES office, located in Albuquerque, NM, was awarded the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order contract, for Systems Engineering and Technical Assessment (SETA) support services to the NAG. The contract has a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. The estimated contract amount for the entire five-year period, beginning January 29, 2007, is $47,429,000.

"This is a critical win for the SES group," said Fred Doyle, National Defense Solutions Vice President. "It demonstrates continued confidence in SES personnel to meet the critical needs of the NAG's mission and maintains the long-term relationship between Ball and NAG established with its inception in 1997."

The NAG provides low cost, rapid, worldwide, comprehensive assessment support to DoD and other national level agencies as directed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, with special emphasis on the warfighter's requirements. Under the contract, Ball Aerospace will facilitate SETA efforts related to planning, execution, reporting of NAG assessments, institutional support, and incidental tasks as described in individual task orders.

In addition to supporting the NAG, Ball Aerospace also supports the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy and Space Vehicle Directorates, and Air Force evaluation activities from its Albuquerque offices.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical missions of important national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial entities. The company develops and manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments and sensors, components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions for strategic, tactical and scientific applications. Over the past 50 years, Ball Aerospace has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific 'firsts' and now acts as a technology innovator for the aerospace market.

Ball Corporation is a supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products and owns Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ball reported 2006 sales of $6.6 billion and employs 15,500 people.

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