The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract worth up to $450 million to provide communications technical support services to U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) in Asia, the company said Tuesday.

The contract is a single-award, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract worth about $450 million over five years if all options are exercised. The company expects to hire over 200 employees to support the program.

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The contract calls for GD to provide communications systems acquisition, integration, installation, operations, and maintenance support at several Air Force installations. Contract work is to be performed at Shaw AFB, S.C., and USAFCENT locations throughout Southwest and Central Asia, GD said.

“General Dynamics will continue providing the U.S. Air Forces Central Command with mission-essential communications and IT support services throughout the Persian Gulf region and in Central Asia. We are particularly proud to serve the Air Force’s forward-based units,” Dan Busby, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology’s IT Services and Solutions sector, said in a statement.

GD has previously provided USAFCENT’s Combined Air and Space Operations Center with “enterprise communications solutions, services and logistical support,” for over 10 years, the company said.