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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)

DOD looking to release enterprise-wide guidance on software modernization

“Hopefully in a helpful way, we’re trying to bound that with the right level of department-wide guidance and instruction that we’ll have out here fairly shortly from…

Oct 28, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

The DISA and JFHQ-DODIN Headquarters Building at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo by Kevin Headtke)

Stanton takes over at DISA, JFHQ-DODIN

He succeeds Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, who is retiring after a 40-year career.

Oct 4, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

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

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

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

The Defense Information Systems Agency building complex at Fort Meade, Md., Jan. 2, 2013. (DoD photo by Thomas L. Burton/Released)

DISA to get new director, Cybercom defense arm new commander

Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton has been nominated to be the next director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information…

Jun 14, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner on what technologies will have the greatest impact on DOD’s mission

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner | Director, DISA & Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network

Jun 3, 2024 By Scoop News Group

DISA looks to offer multi-cloud capabilities at the tactical edge

DISA Director Sharon Woods and Google Public Sector's Scott Frohman discuss the future of cloud and edge computing for the Department of Defense.

May 21, 2024 By Scoop News Group

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

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