Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims

Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims
Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims

“This will help enable better-informed, timely decision-making throughout the [command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] and mission IT lifecycle in support of more than 120 Army, DoD and federal government program offices and agencies,” according to Leidos.

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How DISA’s new Indo-Pacific network meets the Great Power threat

How DISA’s new Indo-Pacific network meets the Great Power threat
How DISA’s new Indo-Pacific network meets the Great Power threat

Lumen is not just replacing aged transport pipes for the DoD, it is transitioning and transforming network capabilities for better speed, latency, availability, affordability, and security.

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With DISA’s award of a new Indo-Pacific network, one company is transforming DoD global networks

With DISA’s award of a new Indo-Pacific network, one company is transforming DoD global networks
With DISA’s award of a new Indo-Pacific network, one company is transforming DoD global networks

“Where we touch them, we are working hard to transform them,” says Lumen of its network modernization programs for the Defense Department.

How lessons learned during Afghan withdrawal relate directly to JADC2

How lessons learned during Afghan withdrawal relate directly to JADC2
How lessons learned during Afghan withdrawal relate directly to JADC2

The Afghanistan withdrawal and the consolidation of all in-country military networks to one base at Hamid Karzai International Airport illustrated unique challenges with direct applicability to Joint All Domain Command and Control and future Project Convergences.

AFMC Plans ’23 Push For Digital Design

AFMC Plans ’23 Push For Digital Design
AFMC Plans ’23 Push For Digital Design

“Let me be really clear here, because I’m not giving you a budget number does not mean we are not doing anything,” said Gen. Arnold Bunch, Air Force Materiel Command head.

Air Force Plans A ’21st Century IT Store’

Air Force Plans A ’21st Century IT Store’
Air Force Plans A ’21st Century IT Store’

“It should be more like an Apple Store experience,” said Lauren Knausenberger, Deputy CIO for the Air Force.

IT ‘Backbone’ Top Priority For AFMC’s Digitization Drive: Bunch

IT ‘Backbone’ Top Priority For AFMC’s Digitization Drive: Bunch
IT ‘Backbone’ Top Priority For AFMC’s Digitization Drive: Bunch

“I really want industry feedback” about how to improve AFMC’s plans for incorporating digital engineering into its operations across the board, said Bunch.

Greenwalt: 25 Years Later…..It’s Still ‘Computer Chaos’

Greenwalt: 25 Years Later…..It’s Still ‘Computer Chaos’
Greenwalt: 25 Years Later…..It’s Still ‘Computer Chaos’

The inability of DoD to tailor its processes to incentivize non-traditional participation in the market has serious national security implications.

Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding

Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding
Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding

“Each of your crafts — electrical, pipefitting, pipe-welding, painting, your riggers… still require some human touch,” Kastner told me. “Digital tools… free the craftsman up a bit to not do the grunt work.”

Too Busy To Train? The Navy’s Cyber Dilemma

Too Busy To Train? The Navy’s Cyber Dilemma
Too Busy To Train? The Navy’s Cyber Dilemma

SAN DIEGO: The Navy’s overworked IT teams need new “virtual training tools” and more time to train, especially for all-out cyber/electronic warfare against a high-end adversary, the commander of Naval Information Forces said here Tuesday. As the new National Defense Strategy refocuses the entire military from counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan to great-power warfare against…

Navy Issues New Cybersecurity Standards – With More To Come

Navy Issues New Cybersecurity Standards – With More To Come
Navy Issues New Cybersecurity Standards – With More To Come

The Navy has issued new cybersecurity standards that every unit, office, and contractor had better get to know. Governing everything from business systems to weapons systems to machinery controls, the standards will govern future information technology acquisitions and provide a benchmark for assessing where existing systems fall short. The Navy’s just getting started, too. Last…

Change The Culture And Acquisition Policies At DoD

Change The Culture And Acquisition Policies At DoD
Change The Culture And Acquisition Policies At DoD

The House and Senate Armed Services committees are locked in an important battle to determine how much acquisition reform this year’s National Defense Authorization Act will embrace and what kinds of changes the Pentagon will be subject to. Sen. John McCain is pushing sweeping changes to how the Pentagon buys its weapons, including provisions that…

Air Force IT Strategy Boosts Cyber, Neglects Jamming

Air Force IT Strategy Boosts Cyber, Neglects Jamming
Air Force IT Strategy Boosts Cyber, Neglects Jamming

NATIONAL HARBOR: The good news is the Air Force has almost finished a new strategy to protect its high-tech gear from hackers. The bad news? The problem is huge, the processes are nascent, and the intimately interrelated issue of electronic warfare is, at the moment, not part of the discussion. Sure, cybersecurity is the scary,…

DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation

DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation
DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation

FORT MEADE, MD: “Remember the peace dividend we took in the Clinton years in the ’90s? Welcome back,” said Douglas Packard. “That’s where we’re at.” Some 20 years ago as defense budgets plummeted post-Cold War, the defense industry consolidated, recalled Packard, acting head of procurement at the Defense Information Systems Agency. Contractors better beware once more,…