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Amid Heavy Operational Tempo, Lockheed Martin Awarded Extension For National Cyber Range

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a contract extension to continue supporting the Army’s National Cyber Range (NCR) because training demands nearly depleted the current contract ceiling.The Army’s Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) in Orlando received authorization of the Justification & Approval for the contract extension on Feb. 8.“The contract will maintain sufficient continuity of effort in response to ongoing and increasing demand for cyber developmental T&E and training efforts as well as cyber table top exercises across DoD,”…

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