Eclipse Aviation, a manufacturer of super-light jet aeroplanes, has signed a new IT outsourcing contract with CSC. The new agreement has a five-year base period and three one-year options, bringing the estimated total eight-year contract value to $106 million.

Under the contract terms, CSC will manage Eclipse Aviation’s applications development and maintenance, and IT infrastructure including, midrange computers and desktops, help desk operations, IT security, engineering computing, voice and video telecommunications, servers, and local- and wide-area networks. CSC will provide these services for Eclipse Aviation’s operations globally.

CSC is one of the world’s largest IT outsourcing companies and it’s the leader in the aerospace industry,” said Ray Barratt, chief information officer of Eclipse Aviation. “Eclipse needed an IT company that is global and has a plethora of SAP resources to support our company growth and effective use of IT. CSC came out on top both from a technology and a partnering viewpoint.”