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The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to promote competition in DOD cloud and AI procurement

Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate are backing the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025.

May 16, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Whalen, assigned to the Marine Innovation Unit (MIU), Marine Forces Reserve, works on developing a “Flight Mode” software feature at the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) in Austin, Texas, 17 – 29 March, 2025. (U.S.Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre)

Pentagon sets out two-year plan to scale enterprise cloud offerings, software factories

The Pentagon CIO's updated software modernization implementation plan highlights three goals to help improve the department's delivery and deployment of software capabilities.

May 8, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

DOD wants to create ‘intermediary’ capability to enhance cloud computing

The Pentagon is looking to mature edge computing with an intermediary capability to bridge enterprise and tactical networks.

Jun 7, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

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Space Force CIO ‘cautiously optimistic’ about ChatGPT for Pentagon operations

“The enablement of that tech is very, very exciting to see, but I also think you need to have a bit of a critical eye on it,"…

Apr 27, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

DOD gets new chief software officer

Rob Vietmeyer is the new chief software officer within the DOD CIO's information enterprise division.

Nov 10, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau