Vulcan Archives

The L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 will be used for a variety of experiments to include testing on-orbit, next-generation technologies that assist warfighters in contested environments. (L3Harris photo.)

Space Force mitigating impacts to programs amid grounding of Vulcan rocket

“We are actively looking at several launches coming up to see what we can do,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess told lawmakers Wednesday.

Mar 26, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

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

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

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