Booz Allen to Support Office of Under Secretary of Defense with Advanced Data Analytics Platform

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Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) secured a $674 million contract from the General Services Administration to enhance the Department of Defense’s Advana data analytics platform. This 5-year project aims to improve decision-making capabilities across the DoD by integrating various business systems, making data accessible to over 20,000 users across 42 organizations. Utilizing advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, Booz Allen will provide vital IT support and analytics to enhance operational efficiency and data accuracy.

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• Awarded a $674 million contract to support the Advana platform.
• Enhances decision-making capabilities for over 20,000 DoD users.
• Focus on AI and machine learning operations to improve data quality.

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Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) was awarded a 5-year, $674M contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) to maintain and support the exponential growth of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Advana data analytics platform to improve decision making across the organization. Advana, led by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), integrates hundreds of business systems across the DoD – from financial and medical data to personnel and logistics – to make data widely accessible, understandable and usable. The platform is currently used by over 20,000 users spanning 42 DoD organizations in order to meet critical mission and business challenges.

Booz Allen will leverage cutting edge techniques and technologies in data engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) operations, data visualization and cloud computing to support the platform’s exponential growth. In doing so, our nation’s defense leadership will move closer to information dominance by having access to real-time, high quality, decision-grade data from across the enterprise.

“In response to increasingly advanced threats from global adversaries, the Department of Defense has placed a clear priority on enabling ready access to data and analytics across its enterprise so its teams can make faster, smarter decisions that benefit their business, operations, and mission,” said Leslie DiFonzo, an Executive Vice President at Booz Allen with expertise in technology services and business strategy, leading client engagements across the DoD and Joint Combatant Command (JCC) business. “We are proud to take part in helping the Department of Defense continue the meteoric growth of the Advana platform by providing full lifecycle IT support, Data Engineering, and Analytics capabilities.”

About Booz Allen Hamilton
For more than 100 years, military, government, and business leaders have turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to solve their most complex problems. As a consulting firm with experts in analytics, digital, engineering, and cyber, we help organizations transform. We are a key partner on some of the most innovative programs for governments worldwide and trusted by their most sensitive agencies. We work shoulder to shoulder with clients, using a mission-first approach to choose the right strategy and technology to help them realize their vision. With global headquarters in McLean, Virginia and offices worldwide, our firm employs nearly 27,200 people and had revenue of $7.5 billion for the 12 months ending March 31, 2020. To learn more, visit BoozAllen.com. (NYSE: BAH)

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