Cyber Command’s first major weapons system needs the cloud

Cyber Command’s first major weapons system needs the cloud


The Air Force plans to spend as much as $95 million on cloud services from several companies to work on one of Cyber Command’s first major weapon systems.




Unified Platform will allow cyber teams to share information, conduct mission planning and provide the command and control tools they need to conduct missions. It will consolidate the big data platforms used by Cyber Command and its subordinate organizations, such as the Defense Information Systems Agency.








Cyber Command is quiet about the tools they need. Here’s what they’ve told industry.

Cyber Command needs a mix of standardization capabilities to tools to access targets to cause effects to data integration capabilities to cyber deterrence tools.


By: Mark Pomerleau





In a new request for quote, first reported by NextGov and posted online Sept. 17, the Air Force said the cloud services will support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s LevelUP branch, which is a software factory. As part of the its work with Unified Platform, the Air Force has created a software factory that puts various software containers together, and in the process, allows staff to replicate databases and services in various environments and ultimately allows those services to be scaled on demand.








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