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Navy Awards Contracts For Cyberspace Research And Technology Integration

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

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Navy Awards Contracts For Cyberspace Research And Technology Integration

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The U.S. Navy awarded four indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts worth a combined almost $76 million to provide cyberspace science, research, engineering, and technology integration, the Defense Department said Wednesday.Contracted support includes innovative technology assessment and development; rapid software development and prototyping; enabling capability training; security engineering; and cybersecurity risk management.These are multiple-award, three-year contracts that will give all four awardees the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. Each contract includes a two-year option ordering period that…

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