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Airbus Commissioned To Modernize NATO Air IT Infrastructure

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

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Airbus Commissioned To Modernize NATO Air IT Infrastructure

Airbus has been commissioned to install new information technology (IT) infrastructure at NATO’s Allied Air Command headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, the company said Tuesday.The work was commissioned by the German procurement authority, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), acting on behalf of NATO.The contract goal is to expand and modernize the IT infrastructure of NATO’s Secret LAN (NS), Mission Secret LAN (MS), and Public LAN (PA). The work involves virtualizing user workstations…

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