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Cyber

Five Companies Developing Unified Platform Upgrades, New CYBERCOM System Already Delivering Tools To Units

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

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Five Companies Developing Unified Platform Upgrades, New CYBERCOM System Already Delivering Tools To Units

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The Air Force has selected five companies to jointly develop capability upgrades for U.S. Cyber Command’s (CYBERCOM) new joint warfighting platform, a service spokesperson told Defense Daily, adding the new capability has reached its first milestone to offer 10 new tools for cyber units. Maj. Bryan Lewis, an Air Force spokesman, confirmed Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT], General Dynamics [GD], ManTech [MANT] and Accenture [ACN] were each awarded two-year, $24 million contracts in February to provide Cyber Enterprise Services…

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