The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has received approval for “surgical rehiring” to fill critical vacancies left after Pentagon-wide workforce reduction efforts, Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton, Cyber Defense Command commander and DISA director, said today during a media roundtable. […]
As the Pentagon pushes sweeping acquisition reforms aimed at speeding how the department buys and fields “functionally relevant capabilities,” senior officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said the agency is largely on track to meet the new requirements. […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) named 1,014 companies eligible to compete for work under the first phase of its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contracting vehicle this week. […]
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday announced the creation of a task force overseeing the military’s first one-way attack drone squadron based in the Middle East. […]
The Pentagon outlined a two-year plan to buy hundreds of thousands of small commercial drones as part of its new Drone Dominance Program. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is calling on service members to apply to become counterintelligence (CI) and human intelligence (HUMINT) specialists. […]
The Pentagon recently published new guidance explaining how organizations should apply zero trust principles to operational technology (OT) systems, a document that has been in development since last year. […]
The U.S. Army has launched its new ATIS Training platform designed to manage training records for all soldiers and units across the service. […]
More than 180 experts from the Pentagon and federal agencies met last week to begin a three-year effort to develop counter-small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capabilities aimed at protecting U.S. forces and the homeland. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) published a draft request for proposals (RFP) and performance work statement for its Communications Capacity Services (CCS) III contract, an effort aimed at modernizing the agency’s communications infrastructure. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for a $931 million, 10-year modernization effort aimed at overhauling the agency’s data centers and unifying its cloud operations. […]
The Pentagon has awarded a $1.4 billion task order to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to support the development of technologies under the Collaborative Operations for Battlespace Resilient Architecture (COBRA) program. […]
The U.S. Space Command has established an internal planning group, dubbed Task Force Voyager, to coordinate the command’s headquarters relocation from Colorado to Alabama, a spokesperson told MeriTalk. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has extended its Software Asset Management (SWAM) contract for an additional year as the agency works through delays in awarding a follow-on competitive contract. […]
A coalition of researchers from the U.S. Army and Northeastern University have developed a 3D-printable material designed to keep advanced military electronics from overheating – a growing concern across communication, radar, drone and electric vehicle systems. […]
The U.S. Senate on Thursday, Nov. 20, confirmed Vice Adm. Richard Correll as the new commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), a key position overseeing the nation’s nuclear forces. The confirmation also includes Correll’s promotion to four-star admiral. […]
The U.S. Space Force expects to finish work next year on a 15-year strategic roadmap that will outline the systems, infrastructure, and personnel the service needs to counter emerging threats. […]
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is accelerating its use of commercial technology and launch services to strengthen U.S. space capabilities amid rapid changes in the industry, NRO Director Chris Scolese said Thursday. […]
The U.S. Space Force is rapidly reshaping how it develops and delivers capabilities, unveiling a plan designed to speed acquisitions and increase agility under the Pentagon’s new acquisition reform initiative. […]
U.S. Cyber Command has a new artificial intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny, who announced this week in a LinkedIn post – written with the help of artificial intelligence – that he has begun serving in the role. […]
The Pentagon reduced the department’s roster of critical technology areas (CTAs), cutting the list by more than half. […]
One week into the Pentagon’s effort to move its cybersecurity compliance program from policy to practice, adoption of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is gaining momentum, but execution remains slow, according to a new industry survey. […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) – which the Trump administration has rebranded as the Department of War – is not fully confronting security risks posed by the growing amount of publicly accessible digital information for its personnel and operations, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]
The U.S. Army selected 20 industry and academic teams to continue competing for a chance to support ongoing modernization efforts aimed at accelerating autonomous capabilities for the service. […]
The U.S. Army is launching sweeping reforms on how it buys weapons and other capabilities, aiming to shorten procurement timelines and spur innovation, the service announced Friday. […]
Army Lt. Gen. Michele Bredenkamp has assumed leadership of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), becoming the ninth leader of the agency, which provides geospatial intelligence to U.S. military, intelligence, and emergency response operations. […]
The U.S. Air Force solicited industry white papers seeking concepts for a counter-air capability that can be manufactured rapidly and at a fraction of the cost of conventional munitions as a future class of the Affordable Mass Munitions portfolio. […]
The U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) established a new acquisition organization focused on advancing military communications (MC) and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities, SSC announced on Nov. 13. […]
The U.S. Army’s Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) activated its first operational team designed to rapidly counter drone threats to military installations. […]
The Pentagon is inviting industry partners to share their capabilities for a major upcoming contract that will provide critical engineering and technical services supporting the department’s research and innovation mission. […]