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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Avineon Wins Navy Contract to Support Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

Avineon Wins Navy Contract to Support Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb 05, 2008 - Avineon, Inc., a successful provider of IT, engineering, geospatial and program management services, announces its award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract with the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC). Responsibilities will include IT engineering maintenance and sustainment of current existing operational capabilities in addition to exploring technology to support future defense initiatives. Under this prime contract, Avineon is prepared to support a wide variety of activities including data analysis, open source Web development and open source geographic information systems.

FNMOC serves as the Navy's meteorological and oceanographic data collection center. It compiles and analyzes information on weather and ocean conditions to make predictions that increase the safety of forces and optimize the use of platforms, weapons, sensors and facilities anywhere and at anytime

Full report here