Army Cyber Chief Wants Rapid Acquisition Authorities

By Tony Bertuca / February 20, 2014 at 5:31 PM
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, chief of Army Cyberspace Command, said today that the Army is discussing how it can leverage the rapid acquisition authorities it built up during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to equip the cyber force of tomorrow. "Traditional acquisition models are not going to work in this space for platforms and for applications," Cardon said at the annual winter conference of the Association of the United States Army. New cyber capabilities and threats are...

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