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Business/Financial

SAIC Gets Potential $621 Million Order To Support CENTCOM IT Directorate

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is building on its operational mission capabilities with a potential seven-year, $621 million task order to Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] to continue providing global support services for its information technology (IT) directorate.Under the task order, which was announced Wednesday, SAIC will work out of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., as well as CENTCOM Forward Headquarters in Doha, Qatar, and several other international locations to provide support services for the J6 Directorate. The other…

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