JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker

JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker
JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker

“Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this,” joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.

DoD Kills JEDI, Pivots To Multi-Cloud

DoD Kills JEDI, Pivots To Multi-Cloud
DoD Kills JEDI, Pivots To Multi-Cloud

Acting DoD CIO John Sherman said Microsoft and AWS will likely be invited to bid on JWCC, and DoD will also look at the capabilities of other US-based cloud service providers, such as Google, IBM, and Oracle.

IT Modernization Strategy, Spectrum Plan Imminent: DoD CIO

IT Modernization Strategy, Spectrum Plan Imminent: DoD CIO
IT Modernization Strategy, Spectrum Plan Imminent: DoD CIO

Rep. Langevin criticized the 2022 budget overview for its brevity, opacity, and appearance as “nearly a carbon copy” of the 2021 document. “If DoD were a high school student, I would have called [the 2022 budget overview] plagiarism.”

DoD Cloud Delays Hamper Missions: IT Leaders

DoD Cloud Delays Hamper Missions: IT Leaders
DoD Cloud Delays Hamper Missions: IT Leaders

 “The more we wait, the more vulnerable we are,” a leader told the survey takers.

NIST Releases New Language To Automate Cloud Security

NIST Releases New Language To Automate Cloud Security
NIST Releases New Language To Automate Cloud Security

OSCAL’s goal is to enable compliance and security assessments to keep pace in complex, fast-moving, ever-changing DevSecOps environments.

DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps

DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps
DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps

After just three years, there are now 200 teams across DoD doing DevSecOps, which has saved, on average, a year and $12.5 million per app it’s been used to launch, the Air Force’s Chief Software Officer says. When you consider the number of apps, that’s significant. And now there’s a push to make DevSecOps resources available to JADC2.

DISA Accelerates Cloud For Warfighters For All Domain

DISA Accelerates Cloud For Warfighters For All Domain
DISA Accelerates Cloud For Warfighters For All Domain

DISA, using automation, is reducing the time it takes to deploy mission applications in DoD cloud from a year, months, or weeks to hours.

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut
Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

The sixth ABMS onramp “was going to be in partnership with Australia, and allies and partners, in the Pacific Rim,” Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said, but “just due to the budget constraints, we had to pull the plug on that.”

COVID Jump-Starts DoD’s Move to Microsoft Office 365

COVID Jump-Starts DoD’s Move to Microsoft Office 365
COVID Jump-Starts DoD’s Move to Microsoft Office 365

DoD is accelerating the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) cloud-computing program so users can start using Teams next month.

DISA Puts Trust in Zero Trust With New Strategy, Testing Lab

DISA Puts Trust in Zero Trust With New Strategy, Testing Lab
DISA Puts Trust in Zero Trust With New Strategy, Testing Lab

“Zero Trust [is] where we see a lot of departmental capabilities moving over the next 12 to 18 months,” said John Hale, chief of cloud services at DISA

Pentagon CIO Defends JEDI To Key Senator

Pentagon CIO Defends JEDI To Key Senator
Pentagon CIO Defends JEDI To Key Senator

The Defense Department has spent over $5.3 million so far administering the stalled JEDI procurement – but that’s not counting the time of DoD lawyers engaged in over a year of legal battles.

DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan

DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan
DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan

This updated strategic plan focuses on cyber defense, the cloud, and enterprise solutions

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Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition

Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition
Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition

Agile technology development incorporating artificial intelligence, 5G, and cloud into the network infrastructure will create the overmatch that the U.S. military needs.

JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD

JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD
JAIC To Evangelize AI Across DoD

“Artificial Intelligence… is not a black box that a contractor is going to deliver to you,” Lt. Gen. Michael Groen says. “It’s commander’s business at every level[:] What data drives your decision-making?”