Details regarding specific programs and dollar amounts for Department of Defense cyberwarriors are becoming clearer amid recently released budget documents.
The requests for fiscal 2020, released March 18, provide insight into the direction of certain programs and where U.S. Cyber Command is looking to spend to equip its cyber mission force.
Despite having its own unique acquisition authority, Cyber Command as a combatant command relies on the services to procure systems, infrastructure and tools as executive agents (the Air Force being the primary executive agent for most CYBERCOM systems).
As has also been outlined in previous budget requests, Cyber Command seeks to develop and expand infrastructure and capabilities under four broad areas: joint common services, joint access platforms, joint tools and joint analytics.
Under the Air Force’s research and development budget request for FY20, these four items total $198.8 million. This number goes up year by year, totaling $233 million in FY24.
Joint Cyber Command and Control (JCC2)
An additional item in the Air Force’s budget items is something called Joint Cyber Command and Control.
JCC2 is a system that…
