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Booz Allen secures MDA cybersecurity contract

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FILE – In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo, a mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews is seen at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. A former commander of U.S. nuclear forces is leading a call for taking U.S. and Russian nuclear missiles off high alert, arguing that a longer fuse could keep a possible cyberattack from starting a nuclear war and would mean less risk of miscalculation in a crisis. Gen. James Cartwright, who headed Strategic Command from 2004-07 and served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before retiring in 2011, said in an interview that “de-alerting” nuclear arsenals would foil hackers by reducing the chance of launching a missile in response to a false warning of attack. He says this can be accomplished without eroding the weapons’ deterrent value. (AP Photo/Robert Burns, File)

Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $91.5 million Missile Defense Agency contract for cybersecurity.

Under the five-year contract, Booz Allen will provide “advisory and assistance services for Ballistic Missile Defense System cybersecurity management (CSM) and computer network defense in support of technical, engineering, advisory and management support,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

Locations for the work include Colorado Springs, Colorado; Fort Belvoir as well as Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia; Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.