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Horne Engineering Awarded Contracts with Battelle to Support ARMS Program and EPA Workshop E-mail or Print this story
21 July 2005, 08:01am ET
FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2005--Horne Engineering Services, LLC, recently was awarded two contracts, with a combined value of $565,000, as a result of its strategic alliance with Battelle Memorial Institute. Horne Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp. (OTCBB:SPSC).
Horne Engineering is part of the Battelle Team awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Ammunition to support the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support (ARMS) program. The ARMS Program is designed to encourage commercial reuse of the Army's inactive ammunition plants.
Under this contract, Horne Engineering will provide support in the following areas: ARMS proposals; ARMS incentives; ARMS/USDA loan process; ARMS program marketing; performance measurements/metrics and business process re-engineering; immediate use funds; strategic planning and budget analysis; engineering feasibility analyses; tenant revenue; ARMS contract/tenant use agreement renewal support; ARMS program and policy support; ARMS program review support; plant sale transfer feasibility studies; meeting, conference, symposia, workshop and training, facilitation, presentation, and document support; knowledge management support; and business case and cost-benefit analysis support. The period of performance for this effort is two years.
Horne Engineering was also awarded a contract by Battelle to coordinate an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workshop on soil/dust ingestion rates of children and adults. Sponsored by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment, the workshop took place on May 24 and 25, 2005.
Mentioned Last Change SPSC 1.16 0.04dollars or (3.57%) Horne Engineering is a technology and technical engineering solutions company whose primary service areas are national security, energy and environment, and transportation. The company's association with Battelle, a global science and technology enterprise headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, goes back more than a decade. Together, Horne Engineering and Battelle have supported such government clients as the Maneuver Support Center at Fort Leonard Wood, the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
About Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp.
Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp. is a growth-oriented, customer-focused company that provides an integrated suite of manufacturing, technology, and technical engineering services. The company currently has more than 350 employees within its family of subsidiaries, which include Horne Engineering - horne.com -, Spectrum Sciences & Software, Inc. - specsci.com -, M&M Engineering - mmeng.net -, and Coast Engine and Equipment Company (CEECO).
More information about Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp. can be found at spectrumholdingscorp.com .
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