Funding delivered to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering $163 million in funding to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence.

The funding comes after the Ft. Eisenhower Cyber Center Enhancement Act through the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act was ed, which authorized the construction of new classrooms at the Cyber Center of Excellence.

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Ossoff’s team says the funding will go towards new classrooms, which will provide training to cyber, electronic warfare and signal professionals in the Army.

“The world-class Cyber Center of Excellence is crucial to U.S. national security, and the Georgians who serve there are heroes who need the infrastructure, space and facilities necessary to do their jobs to maximum effectiveness. Following age of my Ft. Eisenhower Cyber Center Enhancement Act, I’ve secured these resources with bipartisan to fund this project that will expand classroom capacity,” Ossoff said.