Parsons wins $99M Air Force contract

Oracle Corporation was awarded a $99 million single-award task order by the United States — Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). This contract, a follow-on to the current GARDEM agreement, spans five years and two months. Under this task order, Oracle Corporation will provide research, development, engineering, prototyping, integration, testing, and demonstration of technologies for Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance 2 (GARDEM 2) Command and Control, Space and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2-SpISR) software baselines. These capabilities, including C2Core Air and C2Core NetOps, will enhance AFRL's ability to deliver next-generation software and prototypes to support the United States, the United States — United States Department of Defense, the United States — Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, and other federal agencies. Mike Kushin, president of Defense and Intelligence for Oracle Corporation, emphasized the company's role in advancing the United States mission through modernized C2 and space-based ISR capabilities.