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SPAWAR Awards ATI $100 Million To Manage New Information Warfare Consortium

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

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SPAWAR Awards ATI $100 Million To Manage New Information Warfare Consortium

The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) has awarded Advanced Technology International (ATI) a three-year, $100 million contract to manage its new consortium to rapidly procure information warfare tools, officials said Wednesday .ATI is tasked with managing the industry partners taking part in SPAWAR’s Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP), which is set to open immediately and begin accepting proposals for capability prototype projects in August.SPAWAR Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic awarded the deal to ATI through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA)."The…

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