NavalX to Advance DON Workforce Innovation; Potomac Officers Club to Host 2020 Navy Forum
NavalX serves as the Department of Navy (DON) workforce "super-connector." The agency is focused on scaling agility methods across the DON workforce, offering a culture of decentralized autonomy that has created an innovation landscape. NavalX has worked to connect isolated pockets of excellence to capture and scale the methodologies. The agency’s mission has increased awareness […]
MG Kimbery Crider, Space Force CTIO, Discusses Digital Service Offerings; Mark Esper Quoted
MG Kimberly Crider, acting chief technology and innovation officer (CTIO) of the Space Force, recently discussed the initiatives of the U.S. Space Force, stating that the agency will be a “digital service” on the leading edge of technology, SpaceNews reported on Friday. “Our goal is to be the first digital service by design, to be […]
Will Roper Eyes Autonomous Capabilities for Air Force’s Future Tankers
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said a redesign of the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft’s remote vision system is driving the service to plan for the possible integration of autonomous or semi-autonomous capabilities into its next tanker, the Military website reported Thursday. […]
Jim Bridenstine Urges Senate Panel to Approve $3.2B NASA Funding for Artemis Effort
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, testified before a Senate panel to voice the agency’s intent to secure $3.2 billion in funding for the Artemis deep-space exploration program. Bridenstine told the Senate Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science subcommittee at a recent hearing that the amount requested under NASA’s fiscal year 2021 […]
Will Roper: Digital Engineering Can Drive New Capabilities for US Air Force
Will Roper, the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition head and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said during the Air Force Digital Campaign’s first virtual industry event that digital engineering can significantly drive the development of new capabilities. The Virtual Industry Exchange, launched as part of the Air Force Material Command’s (AFMC) Digital Campaign strategy, saw over 1,500 […]
Michael Kratsios: Agencies Should Conduct Trade-Off Analysis as They Adopt AI
Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said government officials should analyze the trade-offs as they push the adoption of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “So, think about the [Food and Drug Administration] approving an AI medical diagnostic, or think about [the Federal Aviation Administration] approving a drone—and […]
DoD, NASA Sign Agreement to Push Space Collaboration
The Department of Defense and NASA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further advance collaboration in space, DoD News reported Tuesday. The MOU was announced Tuesday by Gen. Jay Raymond, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and a fellow Wash100 Award winner. NASA and […]
Ellen Lord on Defense Industrial Base’s Health, Need for Appropriations
Hon. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, discussed in an interview posted Monday on Defense News about the Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts to track the status of the defense industrial base during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lord said the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Defense Contract Management […]
ECS Launches Cloud CoE 2.0, Appoints Imran Bashir as Head; George Wilson Quoted
ECS has launched the Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) 2.0 Initiative, which will advance ECS’ programs and invest and drive innovation in cloud computing technology to provide new value to customers, the company reported on Monday. The company has also appointed Dr. Imran Bashir, ECS chief technical officer of cloud computing and vice president of […]
Hon. Ellen Lord: Military Needs to Modernize Nuclear Deterrence
Hon. Ellen Lord, who serves as undersecretary of defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD) A&S) and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the state of U.S. nuclear deterrence requires immediate action to avoid negative consequences, DoD News reported Thursday. Lord emphasized the Department of Defense's (DoD) need to modernize its nuclear deterrence, the demonstration of U.S. […]
CyberSheath Services Leverage Microsoft Offerings to Launch CMMC Managed Services for Defense Contractors
CyberSheath Services International has launched its Managed Services for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to ensure compliance with the new cybersecurity standards for commercial contractors for the federal government. The company will leverage Microsoft-focused technology stack to support CMMC policy changes and new implementation requirements. The company will integrate Azure Government Blueprints, Microsoft 365 […]
Gen. Paul Nakasone on Influence Operations; VADM Robert Sharp Quoted
Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said information warfare in the form of influence operations will be the next major disrupter facing the intelligence community, Federal News Network reported Thursday. “We’ve seen it now in our democratic processes. I think we’re going to see it in our diplomatic […]
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach: Pacific Forces Need More Satellites
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, who commands Pacific Air Forces, said he wants more satellites to support the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of battles on Earth, Space News reported on Wednesday. He told reporters Wednesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that satellites are needed in nearly every operation, and Indo-Pacific Command requires more of these systems than […]
Mark Esper: 5G Key to Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain C2
Mark Esper, secretary of the Department of Defense (DoD) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the development of 5G will play a key role in DoD’s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept, National Defense reported Wednesday. “This technology can enhance something as simple as virtual reality training or as ambitious as the connectivity of systems for […]
Aaron Weis Issues Memo on Navy Dept’s ‘Single Tenant’ Cloud Effort
The Department of the Navy (DON) has implemented a policy mandating single tenancy for each DON component in the Microsoft 365 cloud environment. Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, signed the Aug. 31 memo directing the DON to assign a single tenant for the Navy and Secretariat as well as […]