Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to promote competition in DOD cloud and AI procurement
Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate are backing the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025.
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The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) AI -
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Whalen, assigned to the Marine Innovation Unit (MIU), Marine Forces Reserve, works on developing a “Flight Mode” software feature at the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) in Austin, Texas, 17 – 29 March, 2025. (U.S.Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre) Emerging Tech Pentagon sets out two-year plan to scale enterprise cloud offerings, software factories
The Pentagon CIO’s updated software modernization implementation plan highlights three goals to help improve the department’s delivery and deployment of software capabilities.
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A soldier wears an IVAS 1.2 headset. (Photo by Photo by Frederick Shear) Emerging Tech Microsoft plans to hand over reins of Army’s IVAS program to Anduril
The companies announced new plans on Tuesday.
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Dana Deasy, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, holds a media briefing on the COVID-19 Telework Readiness Task Force on Monday, April 13, 2020, in the Pentagon Briefing Room. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard) Tech Former Pentagon CIO appointed to senior position at Boeing
The company has a new chief information digital officer and senior vice president for information technology and data analytics.
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The Pentagon (Getty Images) AI Pentagon sunsets generative AI task force, launches rapid capabilities cell
The Defense Department is winding down Task Force Lima and launching a new initiative focused on accelerating the delivery of new generative artificial intelligence capabilities.
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Thunderstorm clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) AI Senators introduce bill to ‘limit Big Tech monopolies’ in DOD cloud and AI procurement
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced new legislation known as the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Amado Saltosandrade, left, radio operator, and Lance Cpl. Miguel Alfaro, Right, electronics maintenance repairer, with the 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment set up the Marine Corps Wideband Satellite during the establishment of the 3d LCT command and control node at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody Purcell) Tech Proliferated LEO, hybrid cloud capabilities enable U.S. forces to operate more disconnected
With connectivity expected to be limited in future conflicts, U.S. troops must learn to operate without persistent communications and data.
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(Getty Images) IT DISA mulls adding vendors, different contract types for JWCC 2.0
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said JWCC 2.0 will bring faster commercial cloud capability and “greater diversity.”
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A crewmember aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter observes the landscape over Grafenwoehr, Germany, February 15, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick) IT DISA’s overseas cloud efforts gain JOEmentum in Europe
The Defense Information Systems Agency is setting up a Joint Operational Edge (JOE) cloud capability in Germany.
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(Getty Images) IT Pentagon awards nearly $1B in JWCC task orders
The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is the Defense Department’s top enterprise cloud initiative.