Parsons Corporation has won a position and an initial task order on the $427 million multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The seven-year cost plus fixed fee contract was a recompete for the company. Parsons will perform enhancements, modifications, integration, testing, demonstrations, deployments, maintenance and research and development of GARDEM software baselines. The contract spans the full spectrum of operations and maintenance, research and development and procurement activities supporting the functional and technical requirements of the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and other federal agencies. Further work may also include system design, installation and sustainment (hardware and software); rapid prototyping; software development; simulations, functional test and evaluation analyses; technology transition and integration; and program management on an order-by-order basis.