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Air Force

Raytheon Receives Contract for Command and Control Switching Systems

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, December 17th, 2020

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Raytheon Receives Contract for Command and Control Switching Systems

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The U.S. Air Force on Dec. 17 awarded Raytheon [RTX] a sole source contract worth up to $611.5 million for digital command and control switching systems (CCSS) for military command and control. "The CCSS is the key component of the Defense Red Switch Network [DRSN], enabling secure and non-secure voice and data telecommunications at multiple levels, large scale voice conferencing capabilities and is inter-operable with other secure devices," the Air Force said. "CCSS switches are accredited by the Defense Intelligence…

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