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Army To Award First Cyber Training Environment Capability Contracts In May

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, May 4th, 2018

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Army To Award First Cyber Training Environment Capability Contracts In May

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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