CYBERCOM Activities

CYBERCOM Activities under the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), aims to deter or defeat strategic threats to US interests and infrastructure, provide mission assurance for the operations and defense of the Department of Defense information environment, and support the achievement of joint force commander objectives. This program falls under Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), as it involves developing or procuring capabilities to enable Electronic Warfare and cyber-peculiar technologies for use by the Cyber Mission Forces (CMF). The specific objectives include adapting Electronic Warfare technology and cyber-peculiar capabilities to gain access to targeted enemy forces, enhancing the open source Open CPI framework, and migrating segregated capabilities and Cyber/EW weapons systems onto Common Attack Platforms by implementing common frameworks and hosting solutions.

The acquisition strategy for CYBERCOM Activities involves facilitating the delivery of new Electronic Warfare (EW) cyber capability by applying innovative solutions for existing and emerging technologies. Contracts are awarded under full and open competition whenever possible, with variations of both Fixed Price (FP) and Cost Plus (CP) contracting vehicles executed and managed by USCYBERCOM Acquisition authority, as well as various Service Component contracting offices, other Defense Agency contracting offices, and the National Security Agency contracting offices. In FY 2024, resources were transferred from the Military Services and the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) to USCYBERCOM to satisfy Congressional requirements contained in the FY22 NDAA, Section 1507 (Public Law 117-81, December 27, 2021).