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October 12th, 2009

Tech + Support Award Has Harris Happy, As Well As AMC


Harris MILSATCOM banner Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS has been awarded a potential three-year, $7.5 million contract to provide technical and support services — including information assurance, development testing, configuration management and training — for the U. S. Air Force Air Mobility Command's (AMC) command and control systems.

Systems and programs within the command and control structure include the Advanced Computer Flight Plan, L-band SATCOM, Commercial Operations Integrated System, Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System, Global Air Transportation Execution System, Worldwide Port System, Global Command and Control System, and Global Decision Support. Harris is one of three subcontractors to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on the Applications Infrastructure and Systems Support (AISS) contract, which has a three-month base period with three, one-year options. Harris will lead architecture planning and design, information assurance, and network support. Prior to this award, Harris provided information systems and development support for several command and control, and business systems for AMC.