Billions have been spent to overhaul the Army's aging weapons plants, but officials say the system needs a fundamental rethinking to make it agile enough to keep up with military requirements.
The Defense Department will also begin using the Department of Veterans Affairs' Video Connect platform later this fall for telehealth visits in the military health system. The Video Connect platform is responsible for an 1000% increase in VA telehealth appointments since the pandemic began in mid-March.
A major reason for hitting 2020 goals, however, was less attrition and more personnel staying with the service.
DISA received the 2020 Verdure award from the Defense Department for demonstrating fresh approaches to balancing the development of efficient procurement methods and the utilization of small businesses under its systems engineering, technology and innovation contract.
The Defense Department is putting $600 million into 5G in five new military installations.
The use of robotics process automation, natural language processing and other emerging technologies are gaining momentum in the federal acquisition community to speed up the entire process.
The chairs of three House committees are looking into allegations that the Defense Department misspent about $1 billion in coronavirus relief funding.
The Defense Department finalized its first-ever data strategy focused on eight guiding principles and seven goals to bring some standardization and governance to how the services and agencies manage information.