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L-3 Communications Partners With Virginia Tech On Cybersecurity R&D

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

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L-3 Communications [LLL] said it has formed a cooperative partnership in cybersecurity research and development with Virginia Tech’s Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology (Hume Center). A key part of this will be the creation of L-3’s Cybersecurity Solutions Center, which will be co-located with Virginia Tech’s Cybersecurity Innovations Lab in Northern Virginia. L-3’s STRATIS division, an industry leader in cyber, intelligence and IT service and solutions, will lead this effort. This partnership will improve L-3’s ability…

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