Amentum wins $572M NORAD warning system contract
Cheyenne Mountain Complex entrance. NORAD file photo.
By
Ross Wilkers
The North American Aerospace Defense Command uses this system to determine the nature of launches and attacks from adversaries.
Amentum has won a seven-year, $572.3 million contract to help the North American Aerospace Defense Command operate and maintain a system designed to assess missile launch and surveillance information.
NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado is home to the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support system, also known as NCMC - ITW/AA. The system works to integrate and correlate information from certified sources to determine the nature of adversaries’ launches and attacks, then issue warnings to military leaders.
The Air Force received seven bids for the third iteration of the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex-Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support Contract, according to the Pentagon’s Monday awards digest.
Amentum can claim this as an incumbent win, given that Jacobs won the current NISSC II iteration in 2020 and spun off its federal services businesses to Amentum in 2024. Roughly $547 million in order volume has flowed through the current contract, according to GovTribe data.
Amentum will work in areas such as system administration, vulnerability management, organizational-level maintenance and test support for the warning system.
The NCMC-ITW/AA’s user base includes the U.S. National Command Authority, National Military Command Center, combatant commanders and members of Canada’s national leadership team.