The Air Force last month awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract to continue work on its cyberspace intelligence gathering program Sensor Shadow, according to a company statement.
The contract, awarded Feb. 6 and worth $5 million over three years if all options are exercised, is for cyber network defense, operations and exploitation support of Sensor Shadow, which is the Air Force’s 35th Intelligence Squadron (35IS) Cyberspace Operations program. According to a company spokesman, Sensor Shadow gives the warfighter the ability to understand the cyber domain, understand the cyber threat and helps map the capabilities of the Air Force’s adversaries.
The Sensor Shadow program team conducts in-depth analysis of network intrusions, threat profiling, all source intelligence analysis and long-term analysis of stored network connection data and supports operations across the globe, according to a company statement.
“Our close partnership with the 35IS allows us to effectively apply our mission understanding and in-depth analysis of network intrusions, threat profiling, all source intelligence analysis and long-term analysis of stored network connection data,” John Jolly, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics advanced information systems’ cyber systems division, said in a statement.
In addition to supporting 35IS, the contract also supports Cyber Command, according to a statement.