LOS ANGELES, May 1 -- Teledyne Solutions Inc. has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). Teledyne Solutions will provide a broad array of technical services in support of the contract, including expertise relating to missiles, optical and radar sensors, targets, command communications, test and evaluation, lethality, systems integration, information technology and simulation. Teledyne Solutions will direct a team of more than 40 contractors that will support missile-defense programs for SMDC, the Army Program Executive Office for Air and Missile Defense, and the Missile Defense Agency. These services will be performed under the SMDC Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contract, known as SETAC. The contract performance period is for three years with two one-year options. It is anticipated that the SMDC will award approximately $500 million in task orders to the seven SETAC contractors awarded contracts under this acquisition.