Vencore Labs company wins $9M software development contract

Applied Communication Sciences, a Vencore Labs company, has won a $9 million contract to provide software development for the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Under the contract, the company will conduct research and manage the delivery of a Scalable and Holistic Energy CybeR-weapon Localization and Characterization system, which will be able to localize cyber-weapons, detect malware and gather configuration data.

Work under the contract will be performed in Basking Ridge, N.J., and is expected to be complete in July 2020.

The Air Force Research Laboratory received 70 offers for the contract, the Defense Department said in a release.