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L-3 Communications Selected As One of Army STOC II Awardees

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

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L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has been selected as one of multiple awardees for the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Omnibus Contract (STOC II). The STOC II program is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) vehicle with a contract ceiling of $17.5 billion and a total potential ordering period of 10 years. L-3's MPRI unit will oversee an L-3 team, which includes its Link Simulation and Training, Global Solutions and Engineering Services, Enterprise IT Solutions, C2S2,…

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