Saturday, October 17, 2026

Pentagon to solicit entrants for next giant cloud-service contract vehicle

Expect to see the solicitation for the next iteration of the Pentagon's main cloud-computing contract on Aug. 24. The Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract is the Defense Department’s vehicle for buying cloud services from the main hyperscalers: Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft Azure and Oracle. The Defense Information Systems Agency announced the date as part of its monthly acquisition post.  The new…

The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Lasers and high-powered microwaves will need equal standing to traditional weapons when it comes to the Army’s approach to missile defense, the service’s space and missile-defense chief said. But as battlefield tech is developed and integrated, proper training will be key to keeping soldiers safe.  “Integrating systems like lasers or high-powered microwaves, there's a…