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Iomaxis awarded $245 million contract to support US Naval Research Laboratory

By TechTaffy Desk

Iomaxis has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $245 million to give technological support and assistance to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

NRL, the corporate research lab for the Navy and Marine Corps, conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. Iomaxis will support the NRL in communications, computing and data storage, operational IT, and security initiatives.

The IDIQ contract, which has a fixed five-year ordering period, serves the NRL’s Washington, D.C.-area branch and has the potential to support global initiatives.

[Image courtesy: Iomaxis]

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