US DHS selects BAE for security IT services contract vehicle

BAE Systems has been awarded a prime position on the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II (EAGLE II) contract by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Under the contract, BAE will compete to provide a full range of services and solutions to develop, implement, and maintain technologies that directly support DHS’s mission and daily business functions.

The company will also provide system and software design, development, implementation and integration, as well as IT system maintenance.

BAE Systems Intelligence & Security sector president DeEtte Gray said the company is offering innovative, cost-efficient IT solutions to meet the DHS’s current and future challenges.

"This award is further evidence of BAE Systems’ position as an industry leader in systems integration, backed by trusted IT and cybersecurity expertise," Gray added.

BAE, which is one of fifteen primes awarded under the unrestricted track of Functional Category 1, may compete to provide systems, software, and other IT services and support.

In addition to providing intelligence and security services to manage big data, inform big decisions, and support big missions, the company provides a broad range of solutions and services including systems development, IT, cyber operations, and intelligence analysis to enable the US military and government to recognise, manage, and defeat threats.