The INSIDER daily digest -- Nov. 12, 2018

By John Liang / November 12, 2018 at 2:26 PM

This Veterans Day INSIDER Daily Digest looks at the implications of a recent Air Force "Unified Platform" contract awarded to Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman recently won an Air Force contract to set up a "Unified Platform" to begin the process of separating U.S. Cyber Command from the National Security Agency:

Air Force awards Northrop 'first of several' contracts to build platform key to separating CYBERCOM from NSA

The Air Force's recent award to Northrop Grumman is the "first of several" planned contracts to build out the "Unified Platform" for military cyber operations, a capability critical to eventually separating U.S. Cyber Command from the National Security Agency.

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Here are some stories from last week, in case you missed them:

Navy tying other transaction agreements to ANTX 2019

The Navy for the first time will have options to utilize other transaction agreements as a way to influence the technology demonstrated at its annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, according to a service official.

Esper: Rotational deployments to Europe satisfies current need

The Army's top civilian leader said Thursday the service's current rotation of forces across Europe is suitable for its training goals in the region and did not indicate a need for more permanent forces there, despite recent congressional interest in doing so.

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