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University of Illinois awarded cyber research contract

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Sep 2, 2016

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University of Illinois Foellinger Hall at sunset in late fall.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded an $18.7 million Air Force contract to develop a cybersecurity research system.

The university will develop a Cyber-Physical Experimentation Environment (CEER) for a Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation Characterization Systems (RADICS) software system, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The university will “provide research, development and demonstration of a CEER hardware and software system to enable RADICS research, development, testing and evaluation,” the agency said.

The Air Force Research Laboratory contract is scheduled for completion by August 2020.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.

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