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GSA, DISA Award $2.6 Billion In COMSATCOM Contracts

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

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The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded $2.6 billion in Custom Satellite Communications Solutions contracts to eight businesses as part of the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) program, according to a notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Americom Government Solutions; ARTEL; DRS Technical Services, a division of Finmeccanica; Hughes Network Systems; Intelsat General, a division of Intelsat S.A.; Segovia, a division of Inmarsat; TeleCommunication Systems; and Vizada, a division of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., were…

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