Tag Archives: U.S. Army

Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, acting deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Army, has said the service branch looks to collaborate with companies and academic institutions to facilitate interoperability in its workflow processes with technology, MeriTalk reported Thursday. Yee told an Avaya-hosted webinar Thursday that the Army should automate its …

President Donald Trump has signed into law a spending bill that allocates $616.9 billion for the Defense Department‘s base budget, $21.9 billion for Energy Department nuclear weapons initiatives and $69 billion for overseas contingency operations, CNBC reported Monday. The fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act will fully fund the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 bomber …

The U.S. Army’s defensive cyberspace operations office established a consortium in late July to support the military service in efforts to accelerate the process of acquiring and delivering technology platforms for cyber defense missions, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Companies under the Cyber Operations Broad Responsive Agreement will help identify …

President Trump will sign the Congress-approved $717 billion defense policy bill for 2019 at Fort Drum in New York, Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. Last week, House and Senate lawmakers finalized the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes provisions to prohibit the government from using technologies from Chinese telecommunication firms and …

The U.S. Army is working to update its enterprise cloud strategy to keep up with technology trends and innovations in the private sector, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. Thomas Sasala, director of the Army’s Architecture Integration Center and chief data officer for the Chief Information Officer/G-6 office, said the military service aims …

Maj. Gen. David Bassett, the U.S. Army’s program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical, has said the service aims to initiate new communications projects starting in late 2018, FCW reported Thursday. Bassett noted during the Association of the U.S. Army’s Cyber + Networks Hot Topic event that the service …

President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. John Murray, deputy chief of staff for U.S. Army G8, to serve as commander of the Army Futures Command, Defense News reported Tuesday. The report said Murray will also elevate from a three-star to a four-star general if the Senate confirms his nomination. He joined the Army …

The Defense Department has asked Congress for permission to transfer $4.7 billion in funds to equip the U.S. Army with additional weapons systems and accelerate military technology development programs, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. DoD said in a reprogramming proposal it wants to redirect $363 million to procure 100 Patriot missile defense …

Richard Stone, former principal deputy undersecretary of health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been named acting head of the Veterans Health Administration, Military Times reported Tuesday. Peter O’Rourke, acting VA secretary, announced Tuesday that Stone will serve as VHA’s executive-in-charge and succeed Carolyn Clancy, who will transition to …

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Defense Department come up with a strategy that would help identify the type of data to collect and determine how they will use the data to evaluate time frames for awarding contracts. GAO said in a report published Monday it examined the time between …