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As DoD Stands Up Cyber Forces, Raytheon Expects Demand For Cyber Weapons

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 5th, 2015

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As DoD Stands Up Cyber Forces, Raytheon Expects Demand For Cyber Weapons

DULLES, Va.—The traditional cyber mission space for the Defense Department has been around protecting networks and industry’s role here has been helping by supplying expertise but with the ongoing standup of the first Cyber Mission Forces and the Pentagon’s new cyber strategy there will likely be demand for cyber weapons that military commanders will want to bring to the fight, a Raytheon [RTN] official said on Friday.The demand for expertise and training help from industry will continue “but I think…

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