Technology

  • The Defense Department plans to have 133 cyber mission teams at full operational capability by the end of 2018. Of those, 40 are in the Navy. But the Navy says achieving that milestone would take a team effort. It’s not just a mission for the 10th Fleet, its cyber command. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Vice Adm. Jan Tighe, commander of the 10th fleet, spoke with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 18, 2016
  • From fighters to carriers to submarines, the Navy wants to network its weapons systems so their warfighting capability is greater than the sum of its parts. That task falls to Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, who was appointed just last week as the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems. Before that, he was director of the Navy’s Air Warfare Division. Manazir spoke on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 18, 2016
  • Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent a letter to OMB Director Shaun Donovan asking for information on how the agency is going to adjust its pilot program so it meets DATA Act requirements ahead of the May 2017 implementation.

    May 17, 2016
  • House lawmakers are set to release the second scorecard grading agencies' implementation of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and the progress across all four categories is limited.

    May 17, 2016
  • Agency IT leaders bemoan restrictions with policy and the rapid speed of the Internet of Things environment as major barriers to deploying new commercial IoT devices in the field.

    May 17, 2016
  • The Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center analyzes information to help give other federal, state and local officials a clearer picture of real and potential threats.

    May 17, 2016
  • Kareem El-Alaily, managing director at Censeo Consulting, and Richard Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, make the case for adding new metrics to the FITARA scorecard.

    May 17, 2016
  • Technological superiority has always been an important advantage for the U.S. armed forces. Leading technology starts with research. For the Navy, research is the purview of Dr. John Burrow, deputy assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. He spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 17, 2016