US Cyber Command floats $460m contract to outsource most of itself WW3 will be fought by mercenariescontractors

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/06/uscybercom_460_million_contract/

6 Oct 2015,  Alexander J Martin

The United States' Cyber Command has floated a $460m contract to outsource pretty much all of its duties, as the nation seeks to bulk up its offensive cyberspace capabilities.
A 114-page draft support contract (PDF), and an 86-page draft task order (PDF), for the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) were published on 30 September, according tothe Defense One website.
The drafts show USCYBERCOM progressing with Admiral Michael S. Rogers' vision statement, published earlier in September.
At that time, Admiral Rogers, who also heads the NSA and Central Security Service, stated USCYBERCOM must "move forward quickly with our partners to build our military capabilities."
While specifics on the capabilities are not revealed, they are detailed as "providing Cyber Joint Munitions Effectiveness support."
The Cyber Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual (JMEM), a project to develop the US military's conception of cyber as a warfare domain, was summarised in the Summer 2013 issue (PDF) of theModeling and Simulation Journal.
The summary, which was written by the Pentagon's Dr Mark Gallagher, and an offensive cyber operations bod from USCYBERCOM, Dr Michael Horta, detailed the complications involved in cyberwar and encouraged the use of "equivalent models and data [that] exist for planning nuclear operations."

Outsourcing WW3

A core discipline required of the USCYBERCOM contractor would be in providing cyberspace operational support, which the draft suggested includes “recommending, developing, evaluating, analysing, and integrating cyber weapons/tools/capabilities.”
Specifically, that support is "defined as providing technical expertise to assist in the planning, coordination, and synchronization of [Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO)] and [Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO)], and operation of the [Department of Defense Information Networks (DODIN)]."
The contractor's "required core disciplines" include ("but are not limited to"):

• Administrative, logistics, and record management support
• Cyberspace operational support (As above)
• Cyberspace planning support
• All-source intelligence gathering
• Capability management and development support
• Training and exercises for the cyber workforce
• IT and communications support
• Strategy/Policy/Doctrine development and campaign assessments
• Engagement activities support
• Security integrity and compliance

The contractor is also expected to answer to the regular requirements for contractors, which include security vetting. The draft also includes the expectation that the contractor would produce presentations in support of management briefings.
Notably, such presentations that made up the majority of Edward Snowden's leaked documents.