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Army Working To Develop, Agile, Rapid Acquisition Processes For Cyber Needs

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 29th, 2015

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Army Working To Develop, Agile, Rapid Acquisition Processes For Cyber Needs

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MCLEAN, Va.—Given the rapidly changing nature of cyber threats, the Army acquisition leadership is working to create an acquisition process that responds quickly to the needs of its cyber forces and cyberspace needs, service officials said on Thursday.In the cyberspace operation “the pace of change of technology” and “of the environment is such that we must be able to move with greater speed,” Ronald Pontius, deputy to the Commanding General of U.S. Army Cyber Command and 2nd Army, said here…

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