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The Marine Corps established the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) pilot program to create a world-class Marine-led software development capability March 10, 2023. The future operating environment will require Marines to scope and implement software-based solutions at the edges of the battlefield without connectivity or assistance from centralized or contracted support. (Photo by Maj. Gregory Carroll)

Marine Corps software factory rolls out 4 new apps for tactical and back-office operations

The MCSWF was stood up last year as a pilot to hone and demonstrate troops’ coding skills, show that there’s a demand for the concept and that it can…
Feb 12, 2024 By Jon Harper
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Timothy Brady, the commanding officer of 3d Marines, conducts command and control (C2) of an air assault utilizing the Network On-the-Move Airborne (NOTM-A) communications system during Large Scale Exercise 2021, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2021. The NOTM-A provides a C2 capability to mission commanders while airborne, enhancing battlefield management and awareness. LSE 2021 is a live, virtual, and constructive exercise employing integrated command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and sensors across the joint force to expand battlefield awareness, share targeting data, and conduct long-range precision strikes in support of naval operations in a contested and distributed maritime environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Josue Marquez)

Marine force design plans include overhauling C2, data capabilities to support ‘all-domain’ ops

The annual update to Force Design 2030 calls on the Marine Corps to revamp its command-and-control and information capabilities for all-domain operations.
Jun 5, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

DOD behind on expanding its software development workforce, watchdog finds

A new report from the GAO suggests that the Pentagon needs to do more to ensure it has the workforce necessary to carry out its software modernization…
Apr 6, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
Alex McFarland speaks during a fireside chat at Trellix’s Cybersecurity Summit about the launch of DISA’s Vulcan program. (DefenseScoop photo)

DISA to launch ‘Vulcan’ DevSecOps program

Vulacan is a continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD) program meant to help spread DevSecOps software development principles and tools across the agency — and potentially wider.
Oct 21, 2022 By Billy Mitchell
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