Lockheed Clinches $82.5 Million Sole-Source Cyber Range Deal

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http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2014/06/lockheed-clinches-825-million-sole-source-cyber-range-deal/87040/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
June 23, 2014

A defensewide system that simulates hacks is reliant on Lockheed Martin's 
trade secrets and expertise, Pentagon officials said in a redacted 
justification for awarding an $82.5 million to develop and manage the 
so-called cyber range.

In May, officials said they were awarding Lockheed a $14 million, 5-year 
contract to operate and sustain the National Cyber Range.

ManTech in 2012 lost a bid for the contract, according to Pentagon 
officials, because only Lockheed had the necessary institutional knowledge 
and computer programs.

“ManTech does not have the expertise” to support the system’s 
capabilities, “nor do they, or the government, own the source code,” said 
Army officials, who awarded the contract to Lockheed on May 23.

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