{"id":19897,"date":"2018-12-06T17:21:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/06\/tools-from-cyber-carrier-could-be-available-this-spring\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:04:57","slug":"tools-from-cyber-carrier-could-be-available-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/12\/06\/tools-from-cyber-carrier-could-be-available-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools from \u2018cyber carrier\u2019 could be available this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyber warriors could start using the first tools from a next generation cyber weapon system as early this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Cyber Command\u2019s Unified Platform aims to provide cyber warriors the infrastructure, information sharing capabilities, data analytics, mission planning and command and control tools they need to conduct cyber missions. National security experts have described Unified Platform as the \u201ccyber carrier\u201d in which the Department of Defense\u2019s cyber warriors will plan and launch offensive and defensive cyber operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force, working as U.S. Cyber Command\u2019s executive agent awarded a $54 million contract for the Unified Platform to Northrop Grumman in October. Air Force leaders expect a minimally viable product in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That timeline is \u201cabout three and a half years ahead of what it would have delivered under a more traditional acquisition approach,\u201d Susan Thornton, director for information dominance programs, office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition said Dec. 4 at an AFCEA-hosted event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force had already approved the use of rapid acquisition funds to speed up the process for Unified Platform and deliver incremental capability through prototyping.<\/p>\n\n\n\t