PMs Urged To Boost Security After Classified Review Of Growler Program

By Christopher J. Castelli / December 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM
A classified Defense Department inspector general report scrutinizing the protection of critical information about the Navy's EA-18G Growler electronic-warfare aircraft has prompted the service to counsel its program managers on security requirements. The Aug. 30 report used the Growler, an acquisition category ID program, as a "case study" to assess eight key issue areas related to program protection, the IG wrote in a September bulletin. Although the report remains secret, a Dec. 14 Navy memo reveals that the investigation led...

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