Department of Defense (DOD) Archives

DOD’s Dave McKeown holds a press briefing on the release of the DoD Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap at the Pentagon (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Lessons learned from the defense CIOs’ recent West Coast visit to meet with JWCC cloud providers

The meeting with the cloud vendors provided an opportunity to plot out the work they hope to do together and identify any gaps that might exist.

Mar 14, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 aviation ordnance technicians load compatible software for a U. S. Air Force Guided Bomb Unit 38 to be employed on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet proof of concept mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 14, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Christopher Parr)

Marine Corps launches its first software factory

The Marine Corps will continue its partnership with the Army, co-locating with the service's software factory in Austin, Texas.

Mar 10, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Montana, 8th Communications Squadron infrastructure, gives a briefing on the Wolf Packs network infrastructure status to Lauren Barrett Knausenberger, Department of the Air Force chief information officer, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Shannon Braaten)

Lauren Knausenberger to step down as Air Force CIO

Knausenberger is the third U.S. military CIO to announce their departure from the role in recent months.

Breaking Feb 22, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

River entrance of the U.S. Department of Defense. (Getty Images)

DOD issues long-awaited Cyber Workforce Framework

The framework establishes an "authoritative lexicon based on the work an individual is performing, not their position titles, occupational series, or designator."

Feb 16, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

Military personnel used banned apps on DOD-issued mobile devices, IG finds

Though mobile apps for things like fantasy football and dating were unauthorized for use on DOD devices, they were readily available for download on those devices, the…

Feb 10, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Unchecked military adoption of emerging technologies comes with catastrophic risks, report warns

In a report, the Arms Control Association calls on policymakers, defense officials, and others to develop a framework to reduce the risks of applying emerging tech to…

Feb 9, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

An F22 fighter jet soars above the clouds as the sun begins to set over a beautiful cloudscape. Source: Getty Images

Cloud One: Taking aim at the enemy, one application at a time

From GEARFIT to the Special Warfare Technical Integration Support Center, the Cloud One team shares how its platform is supporting mission-critical applications for the Air Force.

Feb 8, 2023 By Cloud One Leadership

Ohio Air National Guard Airman First Class Justin Mauri, left, Senior Airman Ryan Schuett, center, and Airman First Class Joseph Blust, 178th Communication Flight, manage fiber optic cables June 7, 2016, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena Michigan. (Ohio Air National Guard Photo by Master Sgt. Seth Skidmore)

DOD issues $223M contract to support next-gen voice services on military bases

Lumen will provide the Defense Information Systems Agency with hybrid cloud-enabled Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and unified communications services.

Feb 2, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

A Microsoft sign is displayed in a branch on December 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress)

Microsoft expands Office 365 availability to secret-level workloads

Defense officials can now collaborate and remotely work on classified materials in the cloud using Office 365.

Jan 25, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia assembles a communication flyaway kit and Ranger SATCOM terminal to establish network connectivity at Cairo West Air Base on June 27, 2022 as part of exercise Agile Phoenix. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Glen Flanagan)

Pentagon CIO issues implementation plan to guide enterprise SATCOM capabilities

The plan heavily takes into account that the Department of Defense is working more closely with commercial and international partners for global satellite communications to power JADC2.

Jan 19, 2023 By Billy Mitchell