The economic news for Greene County's largest employer got better on Thursday morning with announcement of the awarding of a major multi-million dollar contract by Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane).

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it has been awarded a contract NSWC Crane to provide engineering and technical services in support of physical security for Navy systems afloat and ashore.

This contract has a two-year base period of performance, three one-year options and a total contract value of more than $32 million if all options are exercised.

Work will be performed at NSWC Crane and other U.S. Navy installations as required.

NSWC Crane is responsible for full life cycle support for electronic attack systems, electronic support and electronic protections systems to meet the needs of the Warfighter.

Throughout the contract, SAIC will deliver engineering, technical, logistics, configuration management and other management support services. The company will also conduct scientific and engineering analysis and studies, and testing and evaluation to help maintain and enhance defense security systems and antiterrorism force protection initiatives.

SAIC is Greene County's largest employer with about 720 workers.

SAIC maintains various offices in Bloomfield, and on NSWC Crane base.

The company also has a new facility under construction in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park.

"We are pleased to continue working with NSWC Crane on a wide variety of systems that help keep our Warfighters and critical infrastructure safe from harm," said Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We have supported them for the past 19 years and we look forward to continuing this long-standing working relationship."

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets.

With approximately 44,000 employees in more than 150 cities worldwide had annual revenues of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31.