[July 06, 2008] Telos Gets NetCents Task Order to Sustain Organizational Message System for Air Force Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Air Force announced it has awarded Telos Corp. a task order to implement and sustain the Defense Message System (DMS), an organizational messaging application used across the Department of Defense. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order, awarded from the NetCents contract vehicle, Telos said it will provide labor and services to the Air Force Defense Message System Program Management Office, 754th Electronic Systems Group's Directorate of Operations, at Maxwell Air Force Base, (Gunter Annex), Ala. The contract runs for one base year with two, one-year option periods and is valued at more than $6.3 million if all options are exercised. "Under this order, we are providing technical and program management support to sustain the Defense Message System for the Air Force," said Mike Masters, VP of Xacta Messaging Solutions for Telos. "We are excited about this win and look forward to supporting the DMS Program Management Office with a complete suite of services, from Certificate Authority Workstation operation and Directory Service management to the help desk and additional administrative functions associated with DMS functionality." "This is a vital project from the Air Force's perspective, because it is crucial that we sustain the system on which all Air Force organizational messaging rides," said Thomas Emerson, DMS Program Manager, 754th Electronic Systems Group. DMS was developed to replace AutoDin, a post-World War II-era bulk messaging system that enabled users to ship electronic memos via military message centers. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]