Modernization Archives

Gen. James Mingus on a trip to the Scranton Ammunition Plant on March 20. DefenseScoop photo by Brandi Vincent.

Army’s new vice chief seeks to drive strategic modernization

DefenseScoop recently accompanied Gen. Mingus to Pennsylvania for a tour of the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant.

Mar 28, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 19, 2018: A stone version of the Great Seal of the United States embellishes the exterior of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Lawmakers launching new Defense Modernization Caucus

The bipartisan caucus will be focused on championing policy and funding priorities.

Mar 21, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

TOPSHOT - A TV crew films the damages on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald at its mother port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo on June 18, 2017. A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan's coast, the US Navy said on June 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) — TOPSHOT – A TV crew films the damages on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald at its mother port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo on June 18, 2017. A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan’s coast, the US Navy said on June 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

In wake of fatal collisions, Navy accelerates software-defined radar deployments on surface ships

The Navy is replacing aging and legacy navigation radars across its surface combatant fleet with a software-configurable technology called Next Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR).

Apr 18, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks at the DMI kickoff on Jan 31. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

DOD unveils broad plan and new institute to transform its enterprise management

The Pentagon has set up its first-ever Defense Management Institute.

Jan 31, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

The DefenseScoop Podcast

Recovering DOD innovators

Brian Beachkofski, former commander of the Air Force's Kessel Run; Brian Masters, former director of cloud and AI enablement for Army's XVIII Airborne Corps; Meagan Metzger, CEO…

Oct 12, 2022 By DefenseScoop Staff

The DefenseScoop Podcast

Cyber landscape at DIA; What it’s like to be Space Force CSO

DIA CTO Ramesh Menon; Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond.

Oct 4, 2022 By DefenseScoop Staff

Aaron Weis delivers a keynote at the 2022 Cloudera Government Forum. (FedScoop)

Cyber Ready: Modernizing the Department of the Navy’s cybersecurity approach

In an exclusive op-ed, Department of the Navy CIO Aaron Weis shares how he's working to modernize the service's cybersecurity.

Oct 3, 2022 By Aaron Weis

Defense Intelligence Agency confronts data access challenges in complex move to the cloud

The intelligence component’s CIO said his team is looking to commercial vendors to innovate in those areas.

Aug 23, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Maj. Gen. (ret) Garrett Yee, GDIT vice president and general manager, Army sector (Credit: GDIT).

Garrett Yee joins GDIT

Garrett Yee, former assistant to the director at DISA, is joining GDIT as vice president and general manager of its Army sector.

Aug 1, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

A U.S. Military Academy West Point Cadet and a Soldier assigned to 510th Human Resource Company, 10th Division Sustainment Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade, treat a simulated casualty, June 15, 2022, during 510th HR’s medical evacuation training on Fort Drum, New York. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Neysa Canfield, 10th MDSB Public Affairs)

Army looks to advanced tech to modernize its medical capabilities in new strategy

The Army's new medical modernization strategy envisions "a more adaptable medical force capable of harnessing, integrating, and utilizing future technology on the battlefield to save Soldiers."

Jul 7, 2022 By Billy Mitchell