Context for the CTO, CIO, CISO and Data Scientist
On 8 May 2013 over 400 lucky defense contractors were treated to a sold-out full agenda from the Navy as they briefed their Information Dominance programs. This is the fourth year that Navy has done this and it is an outstanding forum! All the senior IT Navy leadership arrived early, mingled with the audience, stayed late [...]
DoD’s mission will continue to evolve and shift to counter the tactics and intents of our enemies. One day it’s the terrorism inflicted by al Qaeda, the next it’s possible nuclear Armageddon from North Korea, and then the next day it shifts to probable chemical weapons in Syria. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? How [...]
Chris Miller, the Executive Director at SSC LANT had a busy week. On Wednesday, he briefed the Tidewater Association of Service Contractors (TASC) in Norfolk, VA and on Thursday he briefed the Charleston Defense Contractors Association (CDCA) in Charleston, SC. His message left the audience with mixed feelings. Obviously, budget constraints are severe and real, [...]
I will admit to being a bit surprised a few days ago when the Navy announced that they plan to deploy lasers onboard the U.S.S. Ponce in 2014. Of course I know that Directed Energy has been an area of interest for decades, and that many DoD labs and defense contractors invest a considerable amount [...]
I watch with mixed horror and fascination the posturing of North Korea. This has been going on so long, it’s hard to take it seriously. But of course, such blatant threats can’t be completely ignored, and SECDEF’s recent announcement confirming his intention to expand the US Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities has been met mostly by [...]
There’s nothing COMMON about the operational picture any more! We are currently in the throws of change – shifting a legacy force structure capable of fighting two strategic wars at one time, to a leaner, more agile force projecting power through “expeditionary warfare”. As we adjust to this significant refocus, the idea of a Common [...]
