Air Force invests millions in cyberweapons projects
The Air Force awarded multimillion-dollar projects to three of the largest U.S. defense contractors in the past month to boost American offensive power in the cyber domain.
The Air Force awarded multimillion-dollar projects to three of the largest U.S. defense contractors in the past month to boost American offensive power in the cyber domain.
- Raytheon will build the Air Force’s newest Cyber Command and Control Mission System (C3MS) operating location — at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base — after winning an $8.5 million contract this week.
- Northrop Grumman won a $9.4 million contract earlier this month from the Air Force to further develop the Cyber Mission Platform (CMP) in San Antonio.
- Booz Allen Hamilton won a $10 million contract in mid-March for research on building high-power electromagnetics into the Air Force’s cyberwarfare and electronic warfare applications.
Read more on the Air Force’s recent cyber spending from Patrick O’Neill on sister publication CyberScoop.
