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FAA Awards CSC Potential $1 Billion Cloud Services Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 31st, 2015

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FAA Awards CSC Potential $1 Billion Cloud Services Contract

CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior. Photo: CSRA

CSC [CSC] on Monday said it has received a potential 10-year, $1 billion contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide cloud services, data center consolidation and cloud migration capabilities.The FAA first announced the contract with CSC on Friday, saying the award is worth $108 million over 10 years. CSC said the initial single award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is for $109 million. The FAA said the contract will provide it with capabilities such as software as-a-service, platform…

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