University of Illinois Wins Cyber Rapid Attack Contract

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, has been awarded an $18,699,100 cost contract for Cyber-Physical Experimentation Environment (CEER) for Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation Characterization Systems (RADICS) software system and report. Contractor will provide research, development and demonstration of a CEER hardware and software system to enable RADICS research, development, testing and evaluation. Work will be performed at Champaign, Illinois, and is expected to be complete by August 1, 2020. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 70 offers received. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,774,714 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-16-C-0181).