U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Scott Lowry, senior host analyst, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Benjamin Brown, cyber operations technician, with the 200th Cyber Protection Team, U.S. Army Cyber Protection Brigade, assist a member of the Tanzania People’s Defence Force while attending a course on defensive cyber operations during exercise Justified Accord 26, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, March 5, 2026. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jan K. Valle)
BALTIMORE — US Cyber Command’s new Cyber Warfare Innovation Center will pair operators and members of industry side by side in order to drive faster capabilities and tactics, and bridge the so-called valley of death.
“For too long, prototypes developed by industry have withered in the so-called valley of death, failing to transition to operational use. We do not have the luxury of time anymore to let good technology sit on the shelf,” Katie Sutton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, said here at the TechNet Cyber conference today. “The Cyber Innovation Warfare Center, or the CWIC, will be our proving ground, a collaborative environment where operators and industry will sit side by side to test new concepts against realistic threats and operational scenarios.”
