SALEM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that the Company has been awarded a contract valued at over $15 million from ITT Corporation Space Systems Division to support the Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIIA Space System program. As part of this program, PerkinElmer will design and implement several engineering advances into its heritage GPS Block IIR and Block IIF RAFS, as well as qualify and deliver flight units for the first two satellite vehicles by March 2012, with a projected launch date of 2014.
