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COLSA awarded $103M defense IT contract

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130117-N-VA840-007 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 17, 2013) Information Systems Technician 3rd Class John Erskine, Chief Information Systems Technician Jennifer Williams, Cryptologic Technician (Networks) 2nd Class Tyrone Fuller, and Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Amanda Kisner work together to assess the security of the computer networks aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is conducting training and carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leonard Adams Jr./Released)

COLSA Corp. has been awarded a Defense Intelligence Agency contract, valued at up to $103 million, for IT and simulation support.

Under the five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, COLSA will provide “scientific computing for analysis technical support to support the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC)” in Huntsville, Alabama, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

“This requirement is for analytical network, modeling and simulation computationally-intensive computer systems operations, High Performance Computer System operations (HPCS), and HPCS hardware and software maintenance,” the DoD said.

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