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DHS Reaffirms $1 Billion Cyber Support Award To Raytheon

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

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DHS Reaffirms $1 Billion Cyber Support Award To Raytheon

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reaffirmed its decision last fall to award a $1 billion contract to Raytheon [RTN] to provide support for the division responsible for the cyber security system that helps protect federal civilian networks, DHS and the company said statements.Raytheon won the Development, Operations and Services (DOMino) contract last September to provide support to the DHS National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS), which is better known as EINSTEIN. However, in early October at least one losing…

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