CHANTILLY, VA--(Marketwired - May 4, 2015) - AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a leading government IT solutions provider and a trusted supporter of the United States Armed Forces for 40 years, today announced that it has been awarded a Network Centric Solutions 2 (NetCents-2) Network Operations and Infrastructure Small Business contract with the United States Air Force.
NetCents-2 is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract vehicle with an award ceiling of $5.8 billion and a base period of three years, plus four one-year options.
Under the terms of the contract, AMERICAN SYSTEMS will compete with 16 other contractors for task orders to provide solutions to support network operations, core enterprise services and infrastructure development and operations to the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense agencies.
"Our track record of success with defense programs makes AMERICAN SYSTEMS uniquely qualified to ensure the Air Force and other DoD customers receive the highest quality services in support of their mission," said Peter Smith, CEO of AMERICAN SYSTEMS. "We are proud to be able to continue our support of the Armed Forces in these critical areas."
The NetCents-2 program will help the U.S. Air Force and other agencies reduce risk and costs associated with the reliability, maintainability, interoperability, security, information assurance, systems and engineering of net-centric operations.
About AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Founded in 1975, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, with approximately 1,400 employees nationwide. Based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Chantilly, Va., the company provides test & evaluation, systems engineering, technical and managed services to government customers. For more information, visit: www.AmericanSystems.com.
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