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                                                        The Florida SunFlash
  SUN WINS AIR FORCE'S "AFCAC" 308 CONTRACT ESTIMATED AT $48 MILLION
   
SunFLASH Vol 26 #3					       February 1991 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --February 5, 1991-- Sun Microsystems Federal,
Inc., a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, has been awarded a multi-year
contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with workstations and related
products.  Called the Air Force Computer Acquisition Center Project
(AFCAC) 308 contract, it is expected to reach a value of $48 million by
the end of the next four years.  Sun will supply powerful
SPARC(R)-based workstations, including the new SPARCstation(TM) 2, and
servers to Air Force locations worldwide.  For secure computing, Sun
will deliver Tempest workstations and its secure operating system.  The
contract also provides for Sun to supply x-terminals, peripherals,
software, maintenance, training and support.

Through this contract, Sun will provide the government with
sophisticated graphics and tools that will support planning, mapping,
analysis and other key applications.  Sun will offer training, systems
engineering, technical assistance, maintenance and hot-line support for
users worldwide.

"Our extensive portfolio of products -- including secure computer
systems -- and investment in research and development, put us in a
strong position to fulfill the Air Force's broad tactical workstation
requirements," said Larry Hambly, president of Sun Microsystems
Federal.  "We see this award as an endorsement of Sun's overall
technical and customer support capabilities as well as our open systems
philosophy."

Sun will include Sun OS(TM), its standard UNIX(R) operating system, and
the OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user interface with each SPARC system.  All
SPARCstation desktop computers and SPARCservers(TM) will utilize the
latest in graphics technology and Sun will install and support its
NFS(R) file sharing software and other ONC(TM) products.  Additionally,
C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal and Ada compilers as well as SunGKS(TM) and
SunPHIGS(TM) graphics libraries will be provided.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products
bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun
Microsystems, Inc.  SPARCstation and SPARCserver are trademarks of
SPARC International, Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems.
NFS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  ONC, SunOS,
SunGKS and Sun PHIGS are trademarks of Sun Microsystems.  OPEN LOOK and
UNIX are registered trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. Other
products or services mentioned in this document are identified by the
trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or
organizations.

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