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SASC Includes $10 Million For DARPA Cyber Range

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Friday, June 11th, 2010

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) version of the FY '11 Defense Authorization Bill includes a budget request of $10 million for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the National Cyber Range (NCR), but also prohibited spending any funds until the agency provides a report to lawmakers on moving the NCR to sustainment and operations. The NCR will be used to test and validate advanced cyber research technologies. In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010,…

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