GDIT receives USAF cloud services contract
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $9 million sole-source contract from the US Air Force (USAF) for Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES), the company announced on 8 May.
The CHES environment is being developed to support the delivery of Microsoft Office 365 services and provides the ability for the USAF to consume additional cloud service offerings in the future, such as Amazon Web Services, Oracle, SAP and others.
The contract will see General Dynamics implement CHES at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and up to two additional USAF locations. The contract also includes operations and maintenance support for 18 months.
The CHES contract was originally awarded to NES Associates, a subsidiary of CSRA. CSRA was acquired by General Dynamics on 3 April.
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