The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.

The release of the full 60-page ruling provides new insights on how Judge Bruggink decided the case.

Nine years after the Pentagon tried and failed to build laser communications satellites, can the private sector get it done?

The Army’s got lots of really old IT on its bases which may not hold up in a real war.

The existing, expensive network can’t do what the Army needs. So is the solution outsourcing to the private sector?

Building physical things is not SAIC’s, well, thing. But physically building stuff has become less important and less profitable than integrating all the complex high-tech components and making sure they work together.

Will this result in more operations like the Kessel Run Experimentation Lab in Boston, where coders join airmen to build useful software? Perhaps it will mean the service will hire civilian coders or train airmen to write code.

CAPITOL HILL: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry’s third attempt to improve how the Pentagon buys weapons aims to simplify defense procurement and cut down on waste by using commercial buying methods. It directs the Pentagon to use online marketplaces such as Grainger, OfficeMax or Staples to buy items that currently are acquired… Keep reading →

WASHINGTON: A plan to overhaul how the Pentagon buys services — a $155 billion annual business, bigger than weapons acquisitions — is now on the desk of the Defense Department’s top buyer. “It went to Frank Kendall this week,” Kenneth Brennan, deputy director of services acquisition for undersecretary Kendall, said. “He is the final signature” required to… Keep reading →