Technology Upgrade will Advance U.S. Army’s Mission to Provide Anytime, Anywhere Training
ARLINGTON, VA, February 2, 2011 – Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management, strategic business process solutions and human capital management services today announced it was awarded a $95 million subcontract from Pragmatics, Inc. to support the United States Army Classroom XXI Enterprise Classroom Program.
Vangent will lead the design, installation and integration of a sophisticated learning technology infrastructure that supports standardization, interoperability, scalability, and sustainability of classrooms across U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Schools and Centers. These services will be provided for more than 1,400 classrooms across every TRADOC base and the associated proponent and joint schoolhouses. Vangent will perform the work for the United States Army Combined Arms Center, Army Training Support Center, Enterprise Classroom Programs & Battle Command Art and Sciences Program (BCASP) residing at Fort Eustis, VA.
“We are proud to serve the United States Army to deliver the latest training and education technology. This work will help advance the mission of the Army by equipping soldiers with the tools they need to achieve success, and will benefit active duty and reserve soldiers, as well as civilians and contractors serving as resident and non-resident students,” stated Mac Curtis, President and CEO of Vangent.
The Enterprise Classroom Programs supports fielding these technologies to the Army Classroom XXI (CRXXI) Program, Institutional Training Technology Program (ITTP), Army Battle Command Art and Sciences Program (BCASP), Star Bases, Basic Combat Training (BCT)/One Station Unit Training/Initial Military Training (OSUT)/Initial Military Training and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC).
“This contract award marks a significant expansion of Vangent’s human capital management services in support of the U.S. Department of Defense and foreign military services and continues our impressive track record in advanced distributed learning technologies and services,” stated David Fabianski, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Vangent’s Human Capital and International Division.
Vangent’s Human Capital Division provides a broad range of workforce assessment, development and management services to the public and private sectors both in the U.S. and international markets. Vangent was recently named a 2010 Learning Leader by Bersin & Associates and honored as a “Top 20 Leadership Training Company” by Training Industry, Inc.
About Vangent, Inc.
Vangent, Inc. is a global provider of consulting, systems integration, human capital management, and business process services to the U.S. federal and international governments, higher education institutions, and corporations. Vangent’s 8,500 employees support clients including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Labor and Veterans Affairs; and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as Fortune 500 companies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company has offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. and Canada. For more information, visit www.vangent.com. Did you know? Four out of 10 Americans connect with Vangent, but never know it. Learn more at www.vangent.com/4outof10.
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