Harris wins military dental IT contract

A patient is looked over by Seaman Joshua M Dalton, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Michael Flannery at the Tinian Health Center Dec. 3. The Navy medical personnel will be on Tinian for the duration of Exercise Forager Fury 2012 to assist with the medical and dental needs of the local community. Dalton is an oral surgical technician and Flannery a general dentist for 11th Dental Company, 3rd Dental Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/released)

Harris has been awarded a $30 million contract to provide IT services for Army, Navy and Air Force dental clinics.

Under the contract, which includes one base year and three one-year options, Harris will support analysis, software programming and development, system interface support, testing, deployment, operations and maintenance, help desk, training, and program management, according to a company news release.

“Harris also will support more than 25 software modules currently in production, while continuing to work on new opportunities for innovation, such as advanced image processing technology that compares dental images,” the company said.