The U.S. Navy plans to award more than $10 million in funds to projects that will be selected under the Avionics Component Improvement Program for fiscal 2018.

AvCIP seeks to address problems related to avionics systems such as obsolescence issues and decreased readiness and reliability, the Naval Air Systems Command said Wednesday.

NAVAIR’s air combat electronics program office has begun to accept proposals for AvCIP and will ask the selected proposers to submit a complete project proposal by Feb. 24.

A working group composed of NAVAIR representatives, Naval Supply Center Logistics managers, Marine Corps’ avionics officers and acquisition professionals will conduct a briefing with project proposers in May and will choose the projects by the end of that month.

NAVAIR will accept proposals for the program through Jan. 27.

Of the 14 proposals assessed in 2016, the working group selected and awarded funds to 10 projects that include the MH-60 helicopter’s multi-spectral targeting system infrared laser system and the EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft’s fiber optic harness redesign.

Aaron Hughes, deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy at the Defense Department, has said the U.S. government’s national power instruments and the U.S. military’s stated policy have helped deter “destructive” cyber attacks, Nextgov reported Wednesday.

“We have a maneuver force in the Cyber Mission Force that can provide a military component for whatever the whole-of-government recommendations might be,” Hughes told NextGov senior correspondent Joseph Marks in an interview.

Hughes, who joined DoD in 2015, cited some of the cybersecurity efforts the department has launched during President Barack Obama’s administration such as the release of DoD’s cyber strategy in April 2015 and the initial operating capability milestone achieved by the Cyber Command in the fall of 2016.

He told Nextgov the National Defense Authorization Act has provided DoD “more rapid hiring authority” for Cybercom staff and some cyber functions at the Defense Information Systems Agency in the past two years and that the Pentagon has considered actions how to manage trained military personnel that are part of the cyber mission teams.

Hughes also mentioned DoD’s offensive cyber capabilities, the transition of Cybercom into a unified combatant command and his views on DoD’s cyber operations over the next two decades.

The Department of Homeland Security has released the National Cyber Incident Response Plan that aims to boost the federal government’s capacity to manage cyber incidents.

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday the plan describes the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, local, territorial and tribal entities as well as private sector and international stakeholders during a cyber incident.

NCIRP also identifies capabilities required to respond to a major cyber event and defines how the federal government will coordinate its activities with affected organizations, Johnson added.

DHS disseminated a draft of the document to stakeholders in September 2016 for final comment.

“[The plan] serves as the primary strategic framework for stakeholders when developing agency, sector, and organization-specific operational and coordination plans,” Johnson said.

Johnson noted NCIRP aims to unify emergency operations planning and explain to individuals affected by cyber incidents how federal departments, agencies and other partners can offer resources to aid mitigation and recovery.

DHS created the doctrine in coordination with the departments of Justice and Defense, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, sector-specific agencies and other interagency partners, private sector and state and local governments.

President Barack Obama issued a presidential policy directive in July 2016 that directed DHS to carry out a comprehensive review and update NCIRP within 180 days.