Established in 2018, the Army Futures Command is dedicated to looking far beyond the present to ensure that the U.S. Army is properly equipped to reach its current goals and compete on the future battlefield.  While working to deliver on the more near-term Army of 2030 initiative, the AFC is also drawing a blueprint for the service...

John Murray, a retired four-star U.S. Army general, was added to the board of advisers of Klas Government to contribute defense and national security expertise to the military communications company. Highlighting Murray’s service and experience with the Department of Defense, Klas Government CEO Bill Ostrowski said in a statement published Mon...

In response to the growing need for modern defense technologies now and in the future, the United States Army established its Army Futures Command, an organization dedicated to facilitating persistent modernization within the service branch. Since its launch in 2018, the command has centered three focus areas: prioritizing people, designin...

In recent years, the Department of Defense has placed high priority on programs and initiatives designed to increase the speed, connectivity and information advantage of our country’s warfighting capabilities. As the peer and near-peer competition heats up, U.S. military leaders are identifying technologies and capability areas that require improv...

IPTA has secured a potential $404 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide enterprise information technology support services for the military branch’s Aviation and Missile Center, GovCon Wire has learned. The EITSS contract covers information management services, network support, cybersecurity management, IT asset management, tiered service...

The U.S. Army’s Capability Sets were introduced in 2021 in order to lay out a roadmap for maintaining a modern, technologically advanced service branch that will be prepared for any challenges adversaries could bring their way. The Capability Sets are mission protocols designed to be completed and phased out every two years. This effort began wit...

As the U.S. Army places heavy emphasis on modernization, service leaders are looking to harness more industry innovations that can help the branch create robust information and data sharing capabilities at a quicker speed. Matt Benigni, chief data officer for the Army Futures Command, said during a recent Dcode webinar that he views digital transfor...

GovCon Wire Events will feature Ed Mornston, director of intelligence and security at the Army Futures Command; and Joseph Rouge, deputy director of ISR at the U.S. Space Force, as panelists at a virtual event scheduled for Wednesday. Brian Keller, vice president and Army strategic account executive at Leidos, will moderate the panel discussion as...

The U.S. military is shoring up its cybersecurity and information security defenses as the evolving geopolitical landscape requires service branches to better protect their intellectual property. Specifically, the Army Futures Command is working to minimize the risk of compromising sensitive information and maintain the United States’ technologica...

The Potomac Officers Club’s Achieve Information Dominance: Counter Gray Zone Warfare Through Unifying Data Forum on Wednesday united top officials from military branches, industry organizations and the Department of Defense in timely conversations on the role of data and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the United States’ hybrid...