HERNDON, Va., May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Akima today announced that its subsidiary, Lynxnet, has been awarded a contract to provide professional and operational support services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The award has a 5-year period of performance and a total contract value of approximately $25.7 million, if all options are exercised.

“We are proud to build on our long-standing relationship supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Centers,” said Duncan Greene, President of Akima’s Mission Systems, Engineering & Technology Group. “This award further demonstrates the world-class capabilities offered by the Akima portfolio of companies.”

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division provides comprehensive and dedicated support to the Navy in the form of research, development, test and evaluation, analysis, systems engineering, integration and certification of complex naval warfare systems and fleet support.

Akima support will focus primarily on program/project management; process improvement; quality control; technical documentation; command evaluation; office of counsel; accounting; financial systems; human resources; information technology-cybersecurity administration; and property management functions.

About Lynxnet

Lynxnet is an SBA certified 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Akima. Lynxnet offers agile solutions and easily scalable teams that utilize proven best practice models and quick response strategies required by today’s government departments and agencies. Through collaboration with our clients and their key personnel, Lynxnet ensures services and solutions are strictly aligned with business processes and desired program and mission outcomes.

About Akima

Akima is a global enterprise with more than 7,500 employees, delivering agile solutions to the federal government in the core areas of facilities, maintenance, and repair; information technology; logistics; protective services; systems engineering; mission support; furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E); and construction. As a subsidiary of NANA, an Alaska Native Corporation owned by more than 14,300 Iñupiat shareholders, Akima’s core mission is to enable superior outcomes for our customers’ missions while simultaneously creating a long-lived asset for NANA consistent with our Iñupiat values. In 2019, Washington Technology ranked Akima #38 amongst the top 100 government contractors. To learn more about Akima, visit http://www.akima.com.

SOURCE Akima