SI International Monday announced that the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has awarded SI International an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Advisory and Assistance Services and Engineering Technical Assistance (CAASETA) for Headquarters AFSPC at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

The contract enables SI International to compete with one other large business contract awardee and two small business contract awardees for task orders having an aggregate ceiling value of $610 million over a five-year period.

Tasks to be performed under this contract include management and professional services; studies, analyses and evaluations; and engineering and technical services.

"Through our longstanding relationship with the Air Force Space Command, SI International has developed industry-recognized expertise in space systems acquisitions, military space operations and missile defense to support the Air Force Space Command mission to defend the United States through the control and exploitation of space," said Ray Oleson, Chairman and CEO of SI International.

"We are extremely honored to have been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space Command to assist in the upgrade, modernization, and development of current and new systems." SI International is one of the largest systems engineering, network, telecommunications and implementations contractors supporting the Air Force Space Command.