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Navy names new deputy to Fleet Cyber Command
Rear Adm. Diane Webber is the new deputy commander of the Fleet Cyber Command and the Tenth Fleet at Fort Meade, Md., according to a recent Defense Department release. Webber is currently the director of communications and networks at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The Commander of Fleet Cyber Command is Vice Adm. Michael Rogers.
Tags: cybersecurity , Diane Webber , DoD , Michael Rogers , Cybersecurity Update , In Depth , Francis Rose
Navy's Ken Barrett pushes for diversity, work-life balance
Navy Capt. Ken Barrett said diversity is an issue "people get hung up on," but he's never looked at it as meeting quotas. "It's about making heads counts, not counting heads," he said. The profile is part of Federal News Radio's Federal Voices series.
Tags: Federal Voices , workforce , DoD , diversity , Ken Barrett , Emily Kopp , General Motors , Jolie Lee
Navy releases long-awaited final solicitation for NGEN
The Navy is looking for someone to run the world's second-largest computer network. At least two consortiums of vendors are vying for the $4.5 billion deal.
Tags: NMCI , Jared Serbu , DoD , technology , contracting , industry , Hewlett-Packard , NGEN
Lockheed joins Northrop, HP for NGEN bid
Lockheed Martin will join a team of several other large companies in a bid for the Navy's forthcoming multibillion dollar Next Generation Enterprise Network contract.
Tags: technology , DoD , NMCI , Lockheed Martin , AT&T , Hewlett Packard , IBM , computer sciences corporation , Harris Corporation , General Dynamics , Verizon , Shawn Hendricks , Jared Serbu , AT&T , Northrop Grumman
Navy takes aim at reducing stress
The Navy is deploying two roving teams to combat what it sees as an serious threat: stress.
Tags: DoD , DoD Update , Operational Stress Control , Federal Drive
Amendment aims to speed up ship building plan
The Armed Services committee Seapower chairman is tired of waiting for the Navy's ship building plan to come in.
Tags: Todd Akin , DoD , House Armed Services Committee , DoD Report , Federal Drive , House
Navy's Submarine Learning Center earns LEED silver
The Submarine Learning Center, at the Naval Submarine Base New London, has won a LEED silver award for being green. The center's headquarters uses geothermal heating a cooling systems and is built out of recycled building materials.
Tags: green government , DoD , DoD Report , In Depth , Francis Rose , Submarine Learning Center , LEED certification
Navy says CANES network is 44 percent cheaper than expected
Competition, reliance on commercial technology drove down prices for IT consolidation on ships, Navy official says. The service still is figuring out how to integrate CANES with its NGEN shore-based system. The RFP for NGEN is expected any day.
Tags: DoD , technology , CANES , NGEN , NMCI , DJ LeGoff , Northrop Grumman , AFCEA , William Leigher , contracting , industry , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
DoD to begin rollout of cloud-based joint network
The Pentagon will begin testing cloud-based joint networking environment in Europe this summer. Effort aims to eliminate seams between service-and-mission-specific networks.
Tags: DoD , technology , Army , AFCEA NoVa , David Simpson , Harry Harris , Joint Chiefs of Staff , Joint Information Environment , identity management , cloud computing , Jared Serbu
Raytheon Awarded $106.4 Million Modification Award
Recently, the U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $106.4 million modification award for the production of Aegis-related equipment, including the AN/SPY-1(D)V radar transmitter and MK99 Mod 14 Fire Control System. With this modification, Raytheon continues its long history of reliable manufacturing of these two essential components, which are both key elements of the Aegis systems. These components have been in production for more than 30 years as part of the U.S. Navy's Aegis shipbuilding program.
Tags: Raytheon , The Ballistic Missle Defense Report ,
