Jacobs (JEC) Awarded $4.6B IRES Deal by U.S. Defense Unit

September 1, 2017

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. JEC recently secured a prestigious indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The contract is an Integrated Research & Development for Enterprise Solutions (“IRES”) follow-on deal, with a maximum value of $4.6 billion.

On a month-to-date basis, Jacobs’ shares yielded a return of nearly 1%, as against 1.3% loss incurred by the industry .

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