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Army Selects Palantir, BAE Systems For $823.3 Million DCGS-A Support Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

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Army Selects Palantir, BAE Systems For $823.3 Million DCGS-A Support Contract

DCGS-A Photo: U.S. Army

The Army has selected both Palantir and BAE Systems for a potential seven-year $823.3 million deal to compete for orders to support its battle command intelligence system. Under the firm-fixed price contract, awarded on Tuesday evening, both companies will seek opportunities to update and replace parts on the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). The Army released a solicitation notice for the DCGS-A support contract last July and received six total bids, according to the Pentagon. This is Palantir’s second deal…

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