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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

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Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab has received two Defense Department contracts worth a combined $1.7 million for support related to cyber security. The largest award, $1.5 million, from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3 and Cyber Architectures, Requirements and Mission Analysis, is to support the functional and acquisition oversight capabilities for cyber space operations in DoD through studies and analyses of DoD programs. The second task order requires studies and analyses to support the functional and acquisition…

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