SAIC awarded Air Force C2 support contract

SAIC has been awarded a contract, valued at up to $47 million, to support an Air Force command and control center.

Under the contract, awarded by the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, SAIC will support a new Air Force Command and Control Facility (C2F) near Omaha, Nebraska.

"SAIC will support SSC Pacific in the design, installation, configuration, and transition of the IT infrastructure for the new C2F," according to a company news release. "SAIC will also support the development of a private cloud data center infrastructure for staff located in the new facility."

The contract includes a base year and three one-year options.

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