System Planning Corporation (SPC) is a

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-based corporation founded in 1970 that produces military electronics, such as

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, radar, and

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in airwarfare, cybersecurity, program management and research of advanced weapons systems, advanced space systems and advanced microsystems for the

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(DoD). SPC was acquired by ECS Federal, LLC in 2015. It is principal support contractor to cabinet-level departments, including the Department of Defense, Justice and State, and Homeland Security.

History

SPC had its direct predecessor Systems Planning and Research Corporation, headquartered in Maryland, which started its R&D activities in the 1950s from development of the advanced range instrumentation systems for the

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missile ranges. The conference room of SPC was also used for meetings of the Society for Operational Research, to which Viktor Vasilyevich Lozenko, a Soviet KGB officer under the cover of diplomat also belongs. In September 1980, Lozenko bugged the conference room and acquired highly important intelligence about the current and future deployment of US nuclear weapons in Europe, American chemical weapons, US navy's chances of survival in a nuclear conflict and US position on SAALT-2 talks and even Pentagon officials' classified report entitled ''Current Status and Trends in the Advancement of the US Nuclear Front in the Central European Theater of War'' in which US mobilization capabilities, the effectiveness of laser guidance systems, plans for the destruction of 730 tons of chemical weapons and other important information. The operation ended because the bugging device finally ran out of power.

Contracts

SPC is one of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (

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)'s largest support contractors and has supported DARPA virtually continuously since SPC's founding. SPC provides

, and support services to most of DARPA's Technology Offices. SPC has a long involvement with the U.S. stealth program. SPC designed and fabricated one of the first specialized

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(RCS) measurement radars used to validate the low observable signatures of stealthy vehicles. SPC produces RCS measurement systems, currently the MK V, which are principally used by the U.S. to provide quality assurance for deployed aircraft and ships, including the

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and

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bomber. As of 2014, SPC has contracts for *SEAPORT-e, the Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 areas, including engineering, financial *a

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Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule GS-10F-0350M *a GSA information technology (IT) contract GS-35F-0320W

Fields of interest

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analysis *

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* Homeland Security *

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and

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Warfare

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External links

System Planning Corporation
Official website {{Authority control Defense companies of the United States Defunct electronics companies of the United States Manufacturing companies based in Virginia Companies based in Arlington County, Virginia Electronics companies established in 1970 Technology companies established in 1970 1969 establishments in Virginia

History

Contracts

Fields of interest

See also

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