MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE), a partnership led by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, ensures the Navy's ability to maintain current readiness and identify and incorporate future warfighting capabilities. To support this mission, the Navy has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) a $87.2M cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite delivery contract to provide technical, analytical and managerial support. Booz Allen will help the NAE foster a collaborative environment between Naval Aviation stakeholders to ensure that warfighting requirements are maintained while working to identify and address maintenance, manpower and training issues affecting readiness--reducing costs where possible.

"We are honored to partner with the Navy and the Marine Corps to help align aviation readiness with the needs of U.S. forces around the world—a critical national security imperative," said Jennifer Swindell, Booz Allen senior vice president and leader of the firm's Navy and Marine Corps operations business. "Backed by our team of leading data scientists—one of the largest in the market, we will work with Naval Aviation to meet its 2017 goal of implementing a predictive capability to assess readiness—identifying potential readiness issues and addressing them before they become a crisis—while maximizing the impact of available resources."

Booz Allen has a long history of supporting the U.S. Navy, winning its first contract from the Navy in 1940. To learn more about Booz Allen's Defense work, visit BoozAllen.com/markets/defense-and-intelligence.html.

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