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Six Companies Share $960 Million Air Force NETCENTS-2 Contract

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

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The Air Force Monday awarded six companies portions of a $960 million contract for Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) application services, according to a Defense Department statement. Lockheed Martin [LMT], Jacobs Technology (formerly TYBRIN Corp.), Harris [HRS], SRA International, Raytheon [RTN] and L-3 [LLL] were all part of the award. The contract vehicle will provide services such as sustainment, migration, integration, training, help desk support, testing and operational support. An industry source said Northrop Grumman [NOC] and SAIC [SAI] were two companies…

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