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Business/Financial

GAO Denies MicroTech Protest of $105.6 Million Air Force Defensive Cyber Support Task Order

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

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GAO Denies MicroTech Protest of $105.6 Million Air Force Defensive Cyber Support Task Order

The Government Accountability Office has denied a MicroTech protest of a $105.6 million task awarded to Telos Corporation to support Air Force defensive cyber operations.The GAO’s decision, announced Wednesday, was finalized in November 2017 after MicroTech complained that Air Force officials didn’t consider its full management plan and staffing approach proposal for the cyber support contract.Companies currently under the Air Force’s Network-Centric Solutions-2 NetOps and Infrastructure contracts received notice of proposals for defensive cyber support in June 2017. Officials advised…

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Unmanned Systems

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