StratasCorp Technologies has received a contract for C4 afloat operations and sustainment support for capabilities on the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet of ships and the MSC network operations centres.
The IDIQ fixed-price contract has a value of $210 million and includes a five-year ordering period. Work will begin on 1 January 2019, and will run until 31 December 2023.
Romeo Spino, CEO of StratasCorp, said: ‘We’re excited to support MSC in meeting their national defence objectives by providing world-class, secure and cost-effective IT services across the globe.
‘Our innovative information technology experts and established management processes will sustain system operations to ensure system availability for strategic and operational sealift mission-critical information technology services.’
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