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Intelligence agencies confronting challenges with multi-cloud environments

The IC does not currently have an overarching cloud governance model.

May 30, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

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Enterprise cloud contract could ‘turbocharge’ AI in Pentagon

JWCC will allow the Defense Department to harness artificial intelligence capabilities from the four vendors awarded under the contract, according to David McKeown.

May 3, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Madison Van Zwol, from Vancouver, Washington, inspects servers in the Automated Data Processing center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 10, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffery L. Southerland)

Navy, Marine Corps leaders push for flexible cloud access at sea

“I love the cloud, but I don’t have access to the cloud all the time while I’m afloat," one top Navy leader said, calling on industry to…

Apr 5, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

JWCC vendors to test zero-trust concept in commercial cloud

The four vendors that were awarded under the Pentagon's JWCC contract will also test out zero trust principles in their clouds to inform the DOD's efforts going…

Jan 19, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Attendees walk through an expo hall during AWS re:Invent 2022, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on November 29, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)

AWS wins $724M contract providing Navy access to commercial cloud environment

The contract will allow the Navy access to AWS' cloud environment.

Dec 23, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Pentagon outlines plans for handling JWCC task orders

The four vendors selected for the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program will have to compete for every task order under the contract vehicle.

Dec 8, 2022 By Jon Harper

A Modular Fuel System vehicle leaves the Fisher ship after soldiers offloaded cargo during the Joint Readiness Exercise 20, at the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo by Michelle Gigante)

Transportation Command migrating applications to Air Force’s Cloud One

The agency had planned to move its cloud capabilities to the Department of Defense's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud platform — but then it was canceled.

Feb 23, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Oracle cloud authorized to host top secret data for DOD

Oracle has been cleared to host some of the DOD's most sensitive data in its national security cloud systems.

Feb 15, 2022 By Jackson Barnett