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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.

5 hours ago By Jon Harper

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Altman delivered the keynote address at the first ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

OpenAI’s GPT-4o gets green light for top secret use in Microsoft’s Azure cloud

Agencies across the intelligence community and the Defense Department can now use OpenAI’s GPT-4o for the government’s most classified mission sets.

Jan 16, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

Anduril integrates AI tech into Army IVAS headsets

The Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been one of the Army’s highest-priority modernization initiatives, with Microsoft as the prime contractor.

Sep 19, 2024 By Jon Harper

DISA mulls adding vendors, different contract types for JWCC 2.0

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said JWCC 2.0 will bring faster commercial cloud capability and "greater diversity."

Aug 28, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other business across the globe were scrambling to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

DOD ‘monitoring’ networks in wake of CrowdStrike outage

Several components at the Defense Department told DefenseScoop that their systems have been unaffected by the disruption to Microsoft systems.

Jul 19, 2024 By Mikayla Easley Brandi Vincent

A NATO banner seen outside the Washington convention center where the NATO summit took place in Washington, DC, July 9-11, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

NATO looking to bolster data security as leaders gather in Washington

Across the alliance, officials are looking for defensive cyber tools amid digital transformation.

Jul 9, 2024 By Jon Harper

How the DOD can harness AI for innovation and efficiency

Microsoft Federal’s Wes Anderson discusses how AI advancement will allow the DOD to accelerate pace and bring innovation to its mission.

Jun 26, 2024 By Scoop News Group

A signage of Microsoft is seen on March 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

Post-data breach, DOD held ‘very candid discussions’ with Microsoft

A recent interview with the Pentagon's CIO suggests there’s still much to be revealed about the incident’s scope.

May 14, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

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

Spc. Layne Alfieri, a soldier assigned to 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, dons an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) 1.2 prototype during the IVAS 1.2 Phase One User Assessment held by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier on Fort Drum, August 22, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)

Army seeks $255M to procure more than 3,000 IVAS augmented reality systems in fiscal 2025

The Army wants to buy 3,162 units of Microsoft's Integrated Visual Augmentation System 1.2.

Mar 13, 2024 By Jon Harper