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Army To Award First Cyber Training Environment Capability Contracts In May

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

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The first capability contracts for the Army’s new cyber threat training environment are set to be awarded by the end of May with a delivery for training tools slated for July, according to an official from Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation (PEO STRI).Army officials are readying the first capability drop for the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) project after a delay in defining requirements for the new effort to train the Department of Defense’s Cyber Mission Forces on…

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