root9B Technologies Inc. announced that it has been awarded a cyber operations training contract by the United States Air Force. The award is a four year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with an estimated value of $5.3 million and a maximum ceiling of $6.4 million. The scope of the contract is to provide Initial Qualification Training (IQT) to Airmen through an Applied Cyber Operations Training (ACOT) course curriculum.

The training will be a follow-on course to the Air Force's established Cyber Training Pipeline.