Air Force awards SIGINT contract

IN FLIGHT – UNDATED: This undated U.S. Air Force handout image shows a RC-135 Reconnaissance plane used to gather “imagery intelligence (IMINT), telemetry intelligence (TELINT), and signals intelligence (SIGINT).” According to news reports four North Korean fighter aircraft intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135 flying over the Sea of Japan on March 2, 2003. (Photo by Greg Davis/U.S. Air Force/Getty Images)

Assured Information Security has been awarded a $9.8 million Air Force contract for research into signals intelligence (SIGINT).

The company will provide “research and develop novel algorithms, techniques, capabilities and processes for achieving multi-platform signals intelligence data collection, management and analysis system for integration into Air Force, Navy and national enterprise architectures,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The work is scheduled to be completed by February 2019.

The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory.