White-hat hackers will have from mid-December to the end of January to find vulnerabilities in the army.mil domain and other areas specified by the Army.

Army Cyber Command's mission is "evolving" to focus on operations not strictly limited to traditional cyber operations, its command general said.

"The IT is very powerful," Army Cyber Command's top general said of the new headquarters for his command.

DDS says the app is an "upgrade" of current biometric technology used on the battlefield today. And, of course, its name is a reference to Star Wars canon.

General Dynamics Information Technology won the single-award task order covering additional personnel in addition to real-time network monitoring.

It's the ninth bug bounty challenge held at the DOD overall.