Black Box Among Recipients Of $7.9 Bln U.S. Air Force Contract - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Black Box Corp. (BBOX) announced that it is one of 20 industry partners awarded prime contractor status to provide information technology products and solutions to the United States Air Force through its Network-Centric Solutions 2 (NETCENTS-2) NetOps and Infrastructure Solutions Full and Open, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract. NETCENTS-2 contracts provide the Air Force with a primary source of IT products, services and solutions.

The 10-year, $7.9 billion multiple-award contract includes product and services designed to improve global network operations, mission-critical applications, infrastructure support and upgrades, reconnaissance mission capabilities (C4ISR), system integration, security, research and development and other strategic IT communications initiatives.

Under the contract's structure, Black Box could provide an indefinite quantity of supplies or services through 2025.