CommandNet aims to break down silos between disparate, geographically-isolated networks used by combatant commands and replace them with a single IT architecture.

DISA will demonstrate the Coalition Information Environment — which is under the Mission Partner Environment effort — during a joint exercise this fall.

A draft solicitation outlines plans for a three-tier cloud ecosystem that would support artificial intelligence, tactical edge operations and secure data sharing across the Defense Department.

“Combatant commanders need to be able to communicate globally. So what they plug into, it’s got to work and it’s got to be able to get data…

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Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton said that DISA must work to deliver "a fully integrated system-of-systems that solves a meaningful problem for the commander and his warfighter requirements."

Under the agreement, HPE will deploy a secure private cloud environment to DISA's data centers to streamline operations and reduce costs.

The agency is interested in industry's offerings for AI tools, streamlined database systems and other emerging data management capabilities.

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…

Woods led the Defense Information Systems Agency’s J6 command, control, communications, and computer enterprise directorate.