Cloud Archives

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers recorded remarks at the Pentagon, Washington D.C., March 20, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

Hegseth issues new directive to rein in Pentagon spending on IT services contracts

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday to promote the "rationalization” of the Defense Department’s IT enterprise.

Apr 11, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Brigade salute during practice for the historic redesignation ceremony at XVIII Airborne Corps Headquarters on Fort Bragg, N.C. March 6, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nolan Brewer)

XVIII Airborne Corps experimenting with mix of edge and cloud capabilities at Project Convergence

Project Convergence is providing one of the first opportunities for the corps to test out concepts in an operational and deployment-type venue.

Mar 12, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

A soldier wears an IVAS 1.2 headset. (Photo by Photo by Frederick Shear)

Microsoft plans to hand over reins of Army’s IVAS program to Anduril

The companies announced new plans on Tuesday.

Feb 11, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct military operations in urban terrain during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch)

Army experimenting with what the ‘edge’ is for cloud computing capabilities

“We need to be very, very, very careful in this space to not do the opposite of what we're trying to do as an Army, which is…

Jan 17, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

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)

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.

Jan 6, 2025 By Jon Harper

Thunderstorm clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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.

Dec 5, 2024 By Jon Harper

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