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  Commanders find new ways to leverage network in theater and training

  The war in Ukraine and combat training center rotations are yielding lessons for the U.S. Army’s network plans.

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  DISA eyes more vendors, faster contracts for joint cloud successor

  The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said Tuesday the department is in the early phases of planning for JWCC Next.

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  Aircraft carrier Bush gets first-ever Stingray drone control room

  The carrier George H.W. Bush is now the host of an unmanned air warfare center, and more carriers are getting it soon.

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  Signal battalions to be rebuilt for modern combat, Army says

  The move, which may be approved by December, is expected to free up signal soldiers for more unit-level work within the brigades.

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  Army tweaking major software effort to be more commercial friendly

  The Army in May unveiled plans to award more than $1 billion in software development contracts over the next decade.

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  Missile Defense Agency eyes discriminating space sensor launch by 2029

  The MDA director told Defense News the sensor is a key part of the agency’s vision for a space-based missile-tracking layer.

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  Beavers takes reins from Sherman as acting DOD information officer

  As the most senior IT advisor to the secretary of defense, Beavers is taking over from former CIO John Sherman.

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  Air Force, Space Force join Army for Bring-Your-Own-Device enrollment

  Fifty thousand Army enrollees are using the service since that effort began as a pilot program in 2022.

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  Pentagon zero-trust office aims to start data tagging, labeling in ′24

  The Defense Department is seeking to demo a solution, even an imperfect one, to a longstanding problem.

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  Pentagon seeks objective way to test tools for zero trust compliance

  To increase the number of designs going through purple teaming, Resnick said he wants to find a way to enlist the help of industry.

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  Pentagon to issue guidance on open radio access networks to support 5G

  ORAN is something the DoD has been pushing aggressively to explore.

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  DISA says IT ‘problem statements’ will help industry speed innovation

  Officials said with industry constantly coming to market with new tools, there’s a need by government to be a wary purchaser.

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  Expect heavier hand, ‘bite’ from DOD zero-trust office, boss says

  The memo will give the young office “bite,” its top boss said.

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  Find a way to retain cyber pros, Pentagon personnel guru says

  Part of the reason available flexibilities haven’t been used is they’re expensive and HR personnel don’t know how to use them.

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  Zero trust at DoD hinges on thawing stubbornness in the workforce

  Resnick said he has seen the spirit of innovation in leadership, but it’s the mid-tier of the workforce that sometimes pushes back.

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  Pentagon unveils IT modernization plan to tackle talent, tech hurdles

  The ‘Fulcrum’ strategy offers specifics on broad, sweeping goals by the U.S. military to communicate faster and more securely with warfighters and allies.

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  Future of fighting in cyberspace: What to expect at TechNet

  The showroom floor will also be open to display the latest technology in cybersecurity from dozens of companies.

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  US Air Force says it’s on verge of rapid electronic warfare updates

  Col. Josh Koslov, commander of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, once called a three-hour EW update a “moonshot,” but said it’s now within reach.

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  US adversaries have ‘formidable’ electronic warfare tools, officials warn

  It comes down to a select few advanced capabilities facing off against “non-exquisite capabilities in mass.

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  Is the Pentagon’s more targeted approach to CJADC2 paying off?

  The shift from trying to connect everything to instead tackling the most urgent problems through experimentation is starting to yield results, some say.