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Engility Poised To Pursue Future DoD Cyber Training Contracts

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, May 21st, 2018

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Engility Poised To Pursue Future DoD Cyber Training Contracts

Scott Whatmough, senior vice president of Engility's defense & security group

Defense contractor Engility [EGL] is looking to previous experience running cyber training exercises as it considers potential bids on upcoming contracts to construct future virtualized training capabilities for cyber forces. The Army’s National Cyber Range (NCR) and Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) and Air Force’s Unified Platform programs offer an opportunity to build on tested cyber capabilities for future Cyber Command offensive and defensive operations, according to Scott Whatmough, senior vice president of Engility’s defense and security group.“We’re interested in…

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