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Raft awarded $100M Kessel Run contract

By TechTaffy Desk

Raft has been awarded a prime $100 million contract to develop software applications in collaboration with Kessel Run, providing product discovery, management, design, and engineering services.

Kessel Run is building a scalable software factory to architect, manufacture and operate warfighting systems, and Raft will support the Operational Command and Control (Ops C2) and Wing Command and Control (Wing C2) product lines at Kessel Run, enabling both Air and All-domain C2 operations, according to the company.

Kessel Run is a division within Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Digital Directorate.

[Image courtesy: Raft]

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