As space continues its transformation from a peaceful domain to one defined by satellite proliferation, rising tensions and technological advancements, U.S. space leaders are learning how to navigate classification barriers and balance risk with reward while exploring how to best leverage commercial innovations in a constantly evolving environment. ...
In the U.S. Army’s pursuit of bold, enterprise-wide modernization, the service’s leaders are increasingly focusing on software acquisition reform and looking to industry for help. Department of Defense officials and federal representatives have been vocal in recent years about the Army’s acquisition process, which is widely seen as bureaucrati...
Ten years ago, the U.S. Army was notorious for being a “deliberate late adopter” of technology. The Army carried a well-known reputation of risk aversion — an approach which often placed the service branch several years behind the power curve. Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo, who was sworn into the role in February, is changing that narrat...
Nicole Piasecki Kymeta has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Nicole Piasecki to the board of directors and Fran Beaudette, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to the board of advisers. Piasecki has more than 35 years of experience at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Technologies Corp. and her appointment comes following the ret...
Zero trust has quickly gained a foothold in the U.S. federal government as the latest and greatest cybersecurity measure. At the start of 2022, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum that mandated a federal zero trust architecture strategy and required agencies to meet cybersecurity standards by fiscal year 2024’s close. Now, as...
Dovarius Peoples, chief information officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the federal government’s zero trust strategy is forcing the agency to rethink its approach to securing information technology, networks and operational technology that support critical infrastructure such as waterways. “Technology has allowed us to mode...
In the U.S. Army’s modernization journey, the cloud is playing an increasingly important role. Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said that in the future fight, data will be the Army’s ammunition, and the cloud will serve as the next warfighting platform. Although the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability pr...
In recent years, the Department of the Air Force has made significant strides in its modernization journey, but the service is still dealing with lingering issues, alongside emerging ones, as it continues to stretch its area of responsibility over two of the world’s largest, most quickly evolving domains. The DAF’s number one challenge today is...
The Department of the Air Force has undoubtedly led the U.S. military’s modernization push in the last few years — DAF leaders have long been champions of transformational changes like IT improvements, digital transformation efforts and data advancements. But officials argue that financial management, or FM, needs a bigger seat at the table in t...
As the U.S. Air Force continues its aggressive pursuit of modernization and prepares for the future fight, the head of the service wants to put words into action and get meaningful military capabilities into the hands of warfighters faster than ever before. “I’m not very interested in experimentations or demos. I’m prepared to accept r...
