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Northrop Grumman To Build Cyber Command’s First Warfighting Platform

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, October 29th, 2018

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Northrop Grumman To Build Cyber Command’s First Warfighting Platform

Credit: Courtesy of Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a $54.6 million contract to build U.S. Cyber Command’s first joint warfighting platform, the company said Monday.The Air Force, working as the acquisition lead, has tasked Northrop Grumman with building Unified Platform, which will serve as a weapons-system like capability to integrate Cyber Command’s offensive, defensive and command and control operations across all cyber forces."Northrop Grumman is proud to partner with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Cyber Command to deliver this critical mission capability…

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