(Defenselink -- September 18, 2002) Automated Sciences Group, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $48,556,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services in support of the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (90 percent) and the Government of the United Kingdom (10 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Dahlgren, Va., and is to be completed by September 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised on the Internet, with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-03-1022).