A Delaware-based defense and aerospace company has settled a case with U.S. agencies over government allegations that the firm neglected its cybersecurity obligations in its contracts. ILC — the name the government uses to collectively refer to ILC Dover and ILC Astrospace — agreed to pay $13 million to resolve the False Claims Act allegations involving its contracts with the Department of the Army, Missile Defense Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Defense and aerospace firm settles with government over allegedly failing to meet cybersecurity contract requirements
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