Harris awarded NGA software contract

Parsons Corp. announced Jan. 8 it has acquired OGSystems, which provides advanced technologies in geospatial intelligence, big data analytics and threat mitigation.

Harris has been awarded a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contract to develop intelligence analysis software.

Under the five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, which has a maximum value of $500 million, Harris will develop software that will “process content held within the NGA, the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence and other intelligence-community agencies,” according to a Harris news release.

The software “will allow intelligence officials to provide more timely and accurate support to warfighters and the national security community,” the company said.