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Parsons Awarded Potential $590 Million Cyber Capability Support Deal

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 30th, 2019

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Parsons Awarded Potential $590 Million Cyber Capability Support Deal

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Parsons [PSN] has received a potential five-year, $590 million deal to provide cyber solutions to support multi-domain operations across the services, combatant commands and interagency partners, the company said Monday, The Combatant Commands Cyber Mission Support (CCMS) award, which includes a one-year base period and four one-year options, is a new contract led out of the General Services Administration. "Parsons applies a tailored development approach to guarantee continuous integration of existing and emerging technology into operational [command and control] (C2)…

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