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The U.S. Air Force (AF) awarded a team of 5 companies a contract ...

The U.S. Air Force (AF) awarded a team of 5 companies a contract to develop architecture for communications between its next command and control (C2) satellites and terrestrial assets, Lockheed Martin said. The team -- led by Lockheed and…

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including Boeing, IBM, L3 Communications and Raytheon -- would work on 10 of the 13 nodes of the network, determining standards and business rules for the system, exploring the exchange of information between systems and “creating a fully integrated network of land-, air-, sea- and space-based sensors,” the company said. The contract is valued at $3 million, but has an optional extension for 3 years and $50 million.