Battelle awarded slot on $5B cybersecurity contract

Gunnery Sgt. Lagarian Smith, cyber network chief with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, guides Cpl. Justin Henderson, a 13th MEU cyber network specialist, through troubleshooting techniques as they set up network communications aboard the USS Boxer during PHIBRON-MEU Intergration (PMINT) exercise Sept. 24, 2015. The exercise marks the first time 13th MEU Marines and Sailors with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group get to work together at sea before their deployment to the Pacific and Central Command areas of responsibility in early 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Staff Sgt. Terika S. King/Relased)

Battelle has been selected for a major Department of Defense cybersecurity contract.

The company won a slot on the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Cyber Security and Information Systems Technical Area Tasks (CS TAT) program, a five-year, $5 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. CS TAT replaces DTIC’s $2 billion Software Networks Information Modeling and Simulation $2 billion contract. Battelle is one contractors picked for CS TAT. Battelle is one of 10ten contractors qualified to bid on the CS TAT contract.

“We are gratified to have the opportunity to be able to continue the important work of helping the Department of Defense strengthen cybersecurity measures under this new contract,” said Lisa McCauley, general manager of Battelle’s Cyber Innovations division, in a company news release.