Benzinga | Sep 1, 2021 03:54PM EDT

Hewlett Packard Bags $2B National Security Agency Contract

* Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) won a $2 billion contract over ten years from the National Security Agency (NSA) to deliver HPE's high-performance computing (HPC) technology as a service through the HPE GreenLake platform.

* Using the HPE GreenLake platform, the National Security Agency (NSA) is gaining industry-leading HPC solutions to tackle a range of complex data needs with a flexible, as a service experience, HPE SVP Justin Hotard said.

* Price Action: HPE shares traded lower by 0.81% at $15.33 in the market session on the last check Wednesday.