On Monday, General Dynamics announced that its IT business unit has been awarded a contract worth $86.2 million to provide field-level sustainment services and technical support for equipment and networks for the U.S. Marine Corps’ critical Combat Operations Center (COC) program. The contract runs for five years.Each operations center, designed by General Dynamics C4 Systems, is made up of network of workstations and servers supporting standard Tactical Data Systems and other mission-critical software. The systems consist of tents, trailers, radios, power and environmental generation, and visual displays integrated into a single command and control capability.
“General Dynamics is dedicated to providing the U.S. Marine Corps and other COC stakeholders with functional COCs for warfighting effectiveness and readiness whenever and wherever they fight, †said Tom Kirchmaier, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Intelligence Solutions Division. “We understand the importance of sustaining field communications and will work tirelessly with commanders and staff to support that mission.â€
