The move comes after a ProPublica investigation that found a Microsoft program leveraging “digital escorts” to foreign-based tech experts could have exposed the Pentagon’s networks to cybersecurity risks.
Woods led the Defense Information Systems Agency’s J6 command, control, communications, and computer enterprise directorate.
A senior DISA official provided an update Thursday on plans for the next iteration of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, known as JWCC Next.
A new cloud-enabling information request was posted by DISA’s Hosting and Compute Directorate, which manages the $9B JWCC contract vehicle.
Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate are backing the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025.
The Pentagon CIO’s updated software modernization implementation plan highlights three goals to help improve the department’s delivery and deployment of software capabilities.
The companies announced new plans on Tuesday.
The company has a new chief information digital officer and senior vice president for information technology and data analytics.
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.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced new legislation known as the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act.
