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Altamira awarded $18M application development contract

Altamira Technologies, a company that provides engineering, analytic services, and open source software for security, has been awarded an $18 million contract to provide classified full lifecycle engineering, development, and sustainment of a mission critical system supporting the U.S. Intelligence community.

Work performed under this five year CPFF contract, awarded in the first quarter of this year, will expand Altamira’s Chantilly based portfolio.

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