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GTS, DRS, Northrop Grumman Team Land Navy’s Common Processor

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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Virginia Beach-based Global Technical Systems (GTS) has been awarded a $95 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for the Navy's Common Processing Systems (CPS)--a major piece of the Navy's Open Architecture (OA) efforts. "It's really a compilation of what we have been working towards for the past 12 years, standing behind OA...the idea that this is basically a follow-on to the Navy processing capability," Terry Spitzer, chief executive officer, told sister publication Defense Daily yesterday. "The fact a small company…

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