Battelle Tapped by U.S. Homeland Security to Provide infrastructure Protection Services

Battelle has been awarded a contract with a five-year value of $29 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide infrastructure protection services.  Battelle will support all Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Coordination Center (NICC) Watch locations and the Office of Infrastructure Protection Incident Management Cell.

The NICC is the mechanism that the National Operations Center uses to maintain contact and exchange information with the agencies and people responsible for protecting U.S. critical resources and infrastructure. 

“Protecting our critical infrastructure from all hazards is one of the most challenging problems our nation faces today,” says Mike Janus, Battelle vice president for Systems Integration Services.  “We’re proud to contribute Battelle’s expertise towards keeping America safe.”

For more, see the release from Battelle