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DISA Embraces DevSecOps for Future Contracts

The agency is developing a prototype “pipeline” for speedy acquisition.

Defense Information Systems Agency officials are moving toward a secure and agile software development process known as DevSecOps for new contracts. Credit: Andrey Suslov/Shutterstock

Technology Is Needed to Maintain Crucial DISA Operations

DISA directorates on the front line of tactical operations and network management seek innovation from industry.

The Defense Information Systems Agency's Operations Center makes sure that capabilities developed and built are operating as intended to meet warfighter and mission partner requirements and day to day operations, and it needs robust and effective industry solutions, says David Bennet, director of the Operations Center. Credit: DISA

Know Your Knowledge

Having a strategic vision for data is as important as organizing it.

A Prandtl-M prototype is air launched by a Carbon Cub aircraft in a NASA test to simulate the flight conditions of the Martian atmosphere. The conventional aircraft in the Earth’s atmosphere is used to test a prototype interplanetary probe to glean knowledge that would be applied millions of miles distant. Credit: NASA imagery

DOD Culture Still Impedes Rapid Development

The department continues to refine DevSecOps.

Danielle Metz, acting deputy CIO for information enterprise, outlines obstacles the Defense Department faces in implementing rapid technology development and fielding processes.

Small Business Can Win Big

Program director shares valuable insights into future contracts resources.

The TSA awarded Lavi Industries a sole-source small business contract for acrylic barriers and associated equipment at 37 airports throughout the United States in August 2020.

Oshkosh is Providing JLTV Trailers, Kits and Vehicles to the Services under $888 Million Option

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded an $

General Dynamics is Supporting the Army's WIN-T Increment 2 Effort

General Dynamics Missions Systems, Taunton, Massachusetts

Raytheon is Preparing Silent Knight Radar System for SOCOM

Raytheon Technologies, McKinney, Texas, (H92408-21-C-0001

High-Priority Satellite is Ready for Launch

The U.S. Space Force’s so-called SBIRS GEO-5 infrared surveillance satellite was finished in record time.

Lockheed Martin's SBIRS GEO-5 satellite is tested in a vacuum chamber at the company's Sunnyvale, California, production facility in April. The U.S. Space Force has ruled that the satellite is now ready for launching in 2021. Credit: Lockheed Martin

Combatant Commanders to Review JADC2 Strategy Soon

AI, machine learning and automation are needed to make the vision a reality.

A Marine uses a radio during a field exercise at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, in 2017. A resilient network is a key component for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept. The Pentagon is developing a strategy to enable JADC2. Credit: Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl King