** IT services and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton's BAH.N shares rise 2.4% to $111.95 premarket
** Booz Allen was awarded a $315 million contract to deliver battle management prototype for the Department of the Air Force
** The contract, with a maximum performance period of up to five years, involves delivering the Advanced Battle Management System Distributed Battle Management Node Phase II Tactical Operations Center-Light prototype
** Booz Allen is partnering with L3Harris Technologies LHX.N for this rapid prototyping
** Up to last close, BAH had fallen 15.1% YTD
(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru)
((HarshitaMary.Varghese@thomsonreuters.com))