January 21, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded a five-year, $26 million contract to provide managed information technology solutions to the Air National Guard Network and Regional Operations and Security Centers.

The one-year, base-period contract with four one-year options includes Tier III support for all facets of the enterprise IT system such as applications, infrastructure, vulnerability assessment, directory services, boundary protection and messaging.

According to Harris, the Air National Guard seeks to transform from a decentralized network management model to a centrally managed environment. Harris said that its IT Services unit, along with teammates TechTeam government Solutions and NetApp, will assist the Air National Guard in this transition and consolidation by integrating services at 11 locations across the United States. Florida-based Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets.

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