ASFT to hire workers for $49M NUWC contract

MIDDLETOWN – Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow Inc. has won a five-year, $49 million contract to support submarine programs at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), the company said today. Most of the work will be at the company’s Middletown offices.

“Yes, the local work force will need to be expanded to accommodate this contract,” Maria-Christina Zajac, a spokesperson for the Georgia-based firm, told Providence Business News today. “ASFT’s Rhode Island office currently employs 100 people,” she said, out of “an overall employee number of 120.”

The contract calls for ASFT to provide engineering and technical services related to the procurement and installation of hardware for the Navy’s Future Attack Center. It and its partners “will design, develop and implement hardware and software that will enhance the FAC’s capability to accommodate future Technology Insertions and Advanced Processor Builds,” the company said.

“This contract will allow us to develop product assurance processes for approved prototypes in the areas of configuration management, integrated logistics support, reliability, maintainability and availability, and human-system integration,” Anjan Dutta-Gupta, the company’s founder and president, said in a statement today. “We are gratified that our demonstrated record of success has allowed us to continue serving as a provider of vital services to the U.S. Navy, and look forward to working with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in implementing these new capabilities.”

Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow Inc. is a minority-owned small business, founded in 1992, that provides information technology services and consulting, systems engineering, integrated logistics services, and management and training services. ASFT has about 120 employees at its headquarters in Roswell, Ga., and offices in Middletown and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.ASFTus.com.