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Army

Army Awards $21 Million To Research Innovations Inc. For Cyber Threat Awareness Tool

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 13th, 2020

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Army Awards $21 Million To Research Innovations Inc. For Cyber Threat Awareness Tool

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The Army has awarded Research Innovations Inc. a $21 million prototype deal to deliver a software solution designed to provide tactical units with improved cyber threat detection and reporting capabilities. The 20-month prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) award covers the three-phase Cyber Situational Understanding (Cyber SU) program, with plans to hold initial soldier evaluations with a brigade combat team in fiscal year 2021. “With Cyber SU, tactical units are afforded the ability to view cyberspace events, associated impacts and related…

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