DOD says JEDI award happens this summer

The Defense Department says it expects to award the massive JEDI cloud contract this summer, regardless of the outcome of Oracle's lawsuit.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

House committee moves $733 billion closer to approval

The House Armed Services Committee passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, pushing the bill along after a nearly day long debate.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Logistics upgrade could follow Army modernization efforts

Army acquisition head Bruce Jette says he wants to leverage modernization efforts including AI and automation to improve logistics.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD expects DEOS award this summer

The Defense Department says it will pick a winner of the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions procurement this summer, with integration and initial testing planned for the fall.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD wants to release its software blacklist

The Defense Department is working with Congress to find a way for DOD to let its defense contractors to see its list of restricted vendors.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Focus on multi-domain operations could change Army acquisition

The Army has a new focus on interoperability with allies and could mean changes to its buying practices.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD considers vendor incentives to bolster supply chain security

The chief of counterintelligence at the Defense Security Service is floating the idea of giving vendors more incentives to report vulnerabilities in the supply chain.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Contractors: Get ready for tighter DOD supply chain enforcement

The Defense Department wants to make contractors' cyber maturity a more important consideration before contracts are awarded.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Army moves cyber to the front lines

The Army Cyber Command plans to move more cyber and electromagnetic activities to the battlefield and into every brigade combat team, division, corps and Army service component staff.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

CYBERCOM looks to grow its budget

The current state of threats means that year-old U.S. Cyber Command will likely need to expand, according to its commander, Gen. Paul Nakasone.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD's leads cloud strategy with JEDI

The JEDI cloud contract sits atop DOD's cloud hierarch as its first line of computing, according to DOD's new cloud strategy document.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Data standards are an Air Force priority in 2019

Air Force officials are talking about tech innovation and massive IT changes as priorities for 2019, starting with an emphasis on data standards to connect its stove-piped systems.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Why market share matters for the DOD cloud

There are only three general purpose clouds, DOD data chief Michael Conlin says.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Is the CIO era coming to an end?

The 809 panel that has been looking at defense acquisition says in its final report from that the era of the central CIO might be coming to a close.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD audit sparks new financial database

In response to its first complete audit, the Defense Department will pilot a database to help track spending and utilize data analytics.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Defense audit shines a light on IT woes

The Department of Defense has a long way to go before it can account for its estimated $2.7 trillion in far-flung assets.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to Schedule 70

Defense IT officials have moved their $8 billion back office cloud procurement for productivity and communications from DISA to the GSA schedule.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Air Force may require agile for all acquisitions

The Air Force's CTO Frank Konieczny said the service is considering a directive that every acquisition have a Kessel Run-like agile development component.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Former Symantec CEO tapped as new DIU chief

Former Symantec CEO Michael Brown takes over as director of the Defense Innovation Unit.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

TRANSCOM quietly takes another shot at cloud

The U.S. Transportation Command is discreetly revving up for another cloud bid, following an industry day with lead cloud service providers in August.

  • By Lauren C. Williams
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