Mikayla Easley

1 week ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

BALTIMORE — The Defense Department’s chief information officer has published an updated roadmap detailing the organization’s plans to support continued growth of the Pentagon’s software factory ecosystem and enterprise cloud program. The CIO’s recently released software modernization implementation plan for fiscal 2025 and 2026 marks another call from Pentagon leadership for the entire department to improve delivery of software-based capabilities.

1 week ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

As the Army continues defining its role in the space domain, the service has established an enlisted military occupation specialty (MOS) for soldiers specializing in providing space-based capabilities on the battlefield. The new MOS 40D will comprise “a couple of hundred” non-commissioned officers that will be trained and deployed by Army Space and Missile Defense Command, SMDC Commander Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey told reporters Friday during a media roundtable.

2 weeks ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

The Space Force’s acquisition arm announced Thursday it has awarded 12 companies slots on its Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract focused on fast-tracking the service’s ability to buy space vehicles able to conduct science-and-technology demonstrations on orbit.

2 weeks ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

Anduril and General Atomics have begun ground testing their Increment 1 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone prototypes, the Air Force announced Thursday. The tests represent a critical milestone for the CCA program, which is part of the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems.

2 weeks ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

The Defense Department’s chief information officer will kick off a new program this week that aims to overhaul cumbersome bureaucratic mechanisms and streamline its ability to rapidly approve new software capabilities for warfighters. Under the Software Fast Track (SWIFT) program, the Pentagon will use artificial intelligence to replace legacy authority to operate (ATO) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes when buying new software.