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Air Force

Air Force Considering Cyber Rapid Capabilities Office, Looking To Industry For Future Multi-Domain Platform Help

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 17th, 2018

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Air Force Considering Cyber Rapid Capabilities Office, Looking To Industry For Future Multi-Domain Platform Help

Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Department of Defense photo

The Air Force is looking to industry for critical capabilities needed to establish future cyber and space multi-domain warfighting and information platforms, with potential plans to establish a cyber-focused rapid capabilities office, officials said Monday.Officials at an Air Force Association conference panel on multi-domain operations pointed to the Unified Platform program for the Cyber Mission Forces, a potential cloud-based system for improving integration of sensor data and an enterprise space battle management system as top future command and control (C2)…

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