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Army Awards General Dynamics $3.7 billion Common Hardware Systems Contract

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Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) has awarded a $3.7 billion, five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Common Hardware Systems-4 (CHS-4) contract to General Dynamics [GD] C4 Systems (GDC4S), in Taunton, Mass. The contract, awarded Aug. 25, will keep the Army in front of procurement requirements for essential hardware and information technology services of the future. The contract is for procurement of tactical information technology hardware and services using two types of contracts, firm fixed price and cost plus fixed…

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