Cyber Command Flexes New Acquisition Muscle
(World News Science)

From a U.S. Cyber Command News Release FORT MEADE, Md., Oct. 12, 2017 - U.S. Cyber Commandhas begun executing its new `limited acquisition authority` to speed up the acquisitions process for cyber-specific tools, officials here said. The command awarded its first contract under this new authority Sept. 29 for information technology-related research and technical information services to enhance future acquisition decisions. The Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act granted Cybercom the authority to acquire, develop and sustain equipment and capability related to cyberspace operations, and to execute contract actions up to...