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HP recently announced that it been selected by the U.S. Air Force via contract number is FA8771-05-A-0611, to provide new HP workstation and desktop PCs as part of USAF’s desktop, laptop and servers quarterly enterprise buy.


The Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council, which includes top Air Force officials, is said to have evaluated vendors’ submissions for the QEB and their ability to deliver quality enterprise computing in the toughest of environments. HP was chosen as the “best value” vendor through this evaluation process.

With this agreement, the company claims to have supplied more than 400,000 units of HP client products to the USAF throughout the continental U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific.

“This award demonstrates HP’s standing as a long-time premier technology provider and trusted IT innovator for the U.S. Defense market,” said Stephen DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager, personal systems group, HP.

“HP’s portfolio of products and solutions contributes to the daily administration and protection of our nation,” added DeWitt.

As per the terms of the deal, HP will include customized security configurations in compliance with USAF requirements and is said to meet strict specifications and tests.
The company also clarified in its statement that USAF facilities worldwide will use various HP platforms, including HP workstations and mobile workstations.

The QEB deal will include the HP xw4600 Workstation, along with Dual PCIe X16 Gen2 graphics interfaces which is said to offer up to four times the performance of previous graphics interfaces, along with the ability to power multiple displays. Additionally, with an 80 PLUS efficient power supply standard and electronic products environmental assessment tool registered configurations available, the HP xw4600 is designed to optimize energy use and maintain high-performance power.

Company officials also clarified that its EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation will be delivered in both standard and customized secure configurations to meet the USAF’s secure product category requirements.