"To be clear to the market and to our partners — we're moving out. Good news is there is no gap, only consistent desire to move faster," Marc Andersen said.
“CHRA will make a mistake … We'll fix them,” CHRA Director Karen Pane said. “In order to be creative, you sometimes have to have the possibility of failing.”
The lawsuit argues that DoD knew about problems with its cybersecurity practices but continued to “intentionally disregard its cybersecurity responsibilities.”
The FBI alerted contractors that North Korean IT workers are trying to obtain positions with cleared defense companies and others with government contracts.
"What we're finding in today's warfare — we see it with Ukraine, we see it with U.S. operational units — that targeting cycle is much faster," Will Cocos said.
"I look at advanced manufacturing as an ecosystem to solve problems in different ways than the traditional way of managing the lifecycle," Jon Strzelec said.
"It's a long way from the Pacific to Anniston, Alabama," said Brig. Gen. Beth Behn. "Having the ability to do some level of forward repair is essential."
“We're trying to take some of that cognitive and administrative burden off the soldiers so they have more time to do the warfighting,” Nicholaus Saacks said.
"We have struggled with finding a solution that we need today, which is a more modular, flexible solution," Lynda Armer said. "We're looking at the strategy."
Lynda Armer, the executive director of Army Contracting Command Rock Island is interviewed by Federal News Network's Terry Gerton at the 2026 AUSA conference in Washington.
The Defense Department has also doled out more than $1 billion in bonuses, averaging $13,000 per person, to over 90,000 employees it says are top performers.
“We now have all the work roles inside of a cyber protection team mapped out at this point, and learning their trade,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Eubank said.
More than 600 soldiers already reclassified to the new 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist MOS, establishing the branch’s first permanent enlisted force.
FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2021. (Brittany E. N. Murphy/U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command via AP, File)
Capt. Patrick Thompson, the technical director of infrastructure at the Coast Guard, said it’s creating a more holistic strategy to meet the 2027 deadline.
The project is scheduled to go live on Oct. 23, but companies will need their Common Access Cards to log in until the Army completes the Login.gov integration.
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