Vice Adm. Nancy Norton has turned over her leadership over the Department of Defense Information Network and the Defense Information Systems Agency to Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner. Skinner is now DISA director and commander of Joint Force Headquarters – DODIN, following a turnover ceremony that took place Friday at Fort George G. Meade, DISA said the same day.
Read More »Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner Now Senate-Confirmed for DISA Leadership Role
Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner has received Senate confirmation to lead the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as director, succeeding Vice Adm. Nancy Norton. He will rank up to lieutenant general for the role through which he will lead efforts to protect the Department of Defense's (DoD) enterprise infrastructure and operate joint command-and-control functions.
Read More »Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse Named Senior Military Adviser of National Intelligence Director
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse of the U.S. Air Force has been appointed to serve as the military adviser for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He will advise the director of national intelligence on defense matters relevant to the intelligence community.
Read More »Joint INDOPACOM Exercise Last Year Used New Simulation Tech
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) used a modern simulation tool to administer a wargame exercise that took place in August 2019. USINDOPACOM leveraged the Standard Wargame Integration Facilitation Toolkit to conduct the Joint Forces Energy Wargame (JFEW) and perform associated analyses.
Read More »DoD Eyes Nuclear Microreactors for Long-Term Humanitarian, Relief Missions
The Department of Defense has selected BWX Technologies, X-energy and Westinghouse Government Services to submit concepts for a mobile nuclear reactor as part of a prototyping program called “Project Pele”, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.
Read More »Military Tests DARPA-Made Geopolitical Event Analysis Tools
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's new event analysis tool underwent testing with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in December. DARPA said Thursday its Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios or COMPASS toolset works to help the military determine whether a geopolitical event connects to an adversarial strategy.
Read More »George Kailiwai Outlines USINDOPACOM’s Hypersonics, AI Priorities
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has cited hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence and fully networked command, control and communications capabilities as key technologies that can support its missions, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.
Read More »Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner to Step Down as Air Force Commander
Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner is slated to leave his commander posts at the 24th U.S. Air Force and Air Forces Cyber units, Fifth Domain reported Saturday. Skinner will head to Hawaii to assume the role of J6, command, control, communications and cyber director for the service branch's Indo-Pacific Command.
Read More »Brig. Gen. Paul Fredenburgh Assigned as Joint Force HQ Deputy Commander
The U.S. Army assigned Brig. Gen. Paul Fredenburgh to serve as deputy commander of the Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Networks. Fredenburgh, who currently serves as director of command, control, communications and cyber at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Camp Smith, will move to Fort Meade, Md. for his new role, DoD said Tuesday.
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