Company will provide mission-critical fiber
and network services
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) recently won an
approximately $110 million contract
from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide
secure, mission-critical network services to the U.S. Department of
Defense.
"Lumen's robust fiber network delivers
always-on, 24/7 services that power the U.S. Department of
Defense."
"Lumen's robust fiber network delivers always-on, 24/7 services
that power the U.S. Department of Defense," said Jason Schulman, Lumen national vice president,
federal sales. "DISA leverages the Lumen network's strength,
diversity and resiliency to achieve its mission of connecting and
protecting America's service men and women who help defend our
nation."
Under this new contract, Lumen will operate and maintain DISA's
fiber backbone, which includes colocation facilities, dark fiber,
diverse end-to-end network infrastructure, new fiber builds, and
system updates that use new technologies to improve network
resilience, decrease latency and increase availability. This award
is an extension of an existing network services contract DISA
previously awarded to Lumen.
Tech Talk:
- The contract has a ceiling of approximately $110 million over a five-year period of
performance from November 30, 2023,
through September 30, 2028.
- Lumen provides more than 11,000 fiber miles in support of the
U.S. Department of Defense Information Network.
- Lumen proudly supports military and civilian agencies' IT
modernization efforts with the security and reliability government
agencies need to carry out their important missions.
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about our $223 million
contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to
provide secure, mission-critical communications services:
https://news.lumen.com/2023-02-02-Lumen-wins-223-million-Defense-Information-Systems-Agency-contract
- Learn more about our Defense Information Systems Agency
$1.5 billion award to provide network
transport to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility:
http://news.lumen.com/2022-11-01-Lumen-wins-1-5-billion-Defense-Information-Systems-Network-contract
- Learn more about our U.S. Department of Agriculture
$1.2 billion network services award:
https://news.lumen.com/2022-01-20-U-S-Department-of-Agriculture-awards-Lumen-1-2-billion-network-services-contract
- Learn more about our U.S. Department of the Interior
$1.6 billion network services award:
https://news.lumen.com/2020-01-16-U-S-Dept-of-the-Interior-Awards-CenturyLink-1-6-Billion-EIS-Network-Services-Win
- Learn more about how Lumen is supporting the public sector
here:
https://www.lumen.com/public-sector.html
About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen connects the world. We
are igniting business growth by connecting people, data, and
applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Everything we
do at Lumen takes advantage of our network strength. From metro
connectivity to long-haul data transport to our edge cloud,
security, and managed service capabilities, we meet our customers'
needs today and as they build for tomorrow. For news and insights
visit news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter:
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about Lumen's public policy positions and public sector
capabilities on Twitter at @lumengov and on LinkedIn at
@lumenpublicsector.
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