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Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), two F-15s assigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard and two CF-18 assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force fly in formation behind a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Oct. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photos by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover)

Air Force deploys cloud-based C2 capability to all NORAD air defense sectors

The Air Force is now looking to scale the CBC2 capability from a tactical level up to an operational level.

Sep 18, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

DISA cloud services chief John Hale, right, speaks on a panel at a GDIT conference produced by FedScoop, Sept. 12, 2024. (FedScoop photo)

Pentagon using AI to modernize legacy code

“We still have applications that run on mainframes that are critical to day-to-day operations, and the people who wrote those are dead," the chief of cloud services…

Sep 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

Army implements generative AI platform to cArmy cloud environment

The Army’s deployment of the tool will begin with 400 new user accounts, with a goal to expand to enterprise-wide use, according to Ask Sage.

Sep 10, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

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)

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.

Aug 7, 2024 By Jon Harper

Pentagon awards nearly $1B in JWCC task orders

The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is the Defense Department's top enterprise cloud initiative.

Aug 7, 2024 By Jon Harper

DISA looking at ‘retooling’ Stratus cloud offering

The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking to retool its Stratus private cloud offering.

Aug 6, 2024 By Jon Harper

DISA Hosting and Compute Center Director Sharon Woods at a press briefing on the Department of Defense’s award of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

DISA gets new chief for J6 directorate

Sharon Woods has been appointed to lead the Endpoint Services and Global Service Center.

May 14, 2024 By Jon Harper

Proposed legislation would push Pentagon to streamline ATO process for cloud-based capabilities

A House subcommittee mark for the fiscal 2025 NDAA calls for the modernization of the Defense Department's authorization-to-operate processes.

May 14, 2024 By Jon Harper

Despite demand, DISA financially constrained to scale cloud capabilities overseas

Part of the strain comes from the large amount of infrastructure and capability that DISA must allocate money towards maintaining.

May 10, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

William Chappell, Microsoft CTO for for strategic missions and technologies, speaks at an AI expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, May 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jon Harper)

Microsoft deploys GPT-4 large language model for Pentagon use in top secret cloud

Microsoft has deployed the GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped Azure Government Top Secret cloud for use by the Department of Defense, the company announced…

May 7, 2024 By Jon Harper