WASHINGTON, DC/ MELBOURNE, Fla., January 5, 2012. Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was awarded a $6.8 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command to deliver integration and maintenance support through December 2012 for AFNet hardware.
The integration and maintenance support provided by Harris under the contract includes: system engineering, management of technical publications, Tier 2 and 3 response center support, software configuration, and on-site system support. Harris is currently performing upgrades and modernization for U.S. Air Force network systems at several bases within the continental U.S.
The Harris team includes subcontractor BAE Systems. This contract was awarded under the Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract vehicle.
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