Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has been awarded a $40 million Non-Kinetic Effects (NOKE) cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop electromagnetic warfare capabilities for U.S. Army national security missions, according to a company press release.

The contract includes one base year and four-and-a-half option period years and is described as new work for the Chantilly, Virginia-based company.

Under the contract, Parsons will develop electronic warfare solutions intended to counter adversary systems in contested environments. The work will involve radio frequency spectrum exploitation, cyber-electromagnetic operations, signal processing, AI-enabled analytics, and software-defined solutions.

"Parsons is built to move at the speed of mission need," said Mike Kushin, president of Parsons' Defense and Intelligence. "We rapidly develop, prototype, and field advanced electronic warfare capabilities that help warfighters detect, disrupt, and defeat emerging threats."

Kushin added: "Our focus is on accelerating capability into the hands of the warfighter, increasing lethality, strengthening decision dominance, and ensuring our customers maintain overmatch across the electromagnetic battlespace."