The Navy is expected to release an official NGEN request for proposals within the next few days, Politico reported.
HP has held the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract since 2008 and was recently awarded $3.4 billion to continue managing the network and support the NGEN transition through 2015.
As a subcontractor, Lockheed will bring “added depth and experience in security, and command and control systems, and the informational needs of the Navy and Marine Corps mission, ” according to a note sent to HP employees.
Additional HP team members include:
- AT&T (NYSE: ATT)
- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
- Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC)
Awardees will replace the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet used to connect military computers on a global scale.
Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have formed their own partnership to bid on NGEN.