DOD official: First CMMC pilot contracts planned for April-May timeframe, under updated rollout plan

The Defense Department expects to release its first contract solicitations containing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements in the April-May time frame, according to a Pentagon spokeswoman, which will focus on RFPs in development from the Army and the Air Force.

“We are planning up to 15 pilots in 2021, but understand that issues could push acquisitions out later than anticipated,” a DOD spokeswoman told Inside Cybersecurity Thursday. “Several FY21 pilots (like the F/A-18E/F Full Mod of the SBAR and Shut...