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Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, left, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, shakes hands with Capt. Michael D. Brasseur. (Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dawson Roth).

Navy developing lasers to counter growing number of UAS in Middle East

The Navy's Fifth Fleet is using lasers and drones of its own to deter and stop an increase in adversarial robotic systems.

Jan 14, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday speaks at a briefing about the Navy’s response to COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Navy not reaching ‘full potential’ on emerging tech, says top admiral

The Navy has failed in adopting modern and emerging technologies and facing broad cultural and leadership challenges across the force, Adm. Michael Gilday said Tuesday.

Jan 12, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

Navy telework, DOD telework — Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalia Murillo, a native of San Diego, participates in a video conference with Navy Public Affairs Support Element (NPASE) West during a drill weekend in May 2020. (U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalia Murillo)

Office 365 collaboration tools now available across Navy

The Navy has all 472,000 users on new O365 collaboration tools, but is still working on getting 272,000 of them access to a new email platform.

Jan 10, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) sails in the Gulf of Aqaba off of Jordan’s coast, Dec. 12, during exercise Digital Horizon. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Deandre Dawkins)

Navy launches new unmanned ‘Saildrone’

The Navy launched its first "Saildrone" as a part of the exercise Digital Horizon. The vessel is powered by the sun and the wind.

Dec 14, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James F. Geurts discusses agility and innovation of the Navy during the Sea-Air-Space luncheon at the 2019 Sea-Air-Space (SAS) Exposition. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Richard Rodgers/Released)

Former Navy acquisition leader joins robotics company Sarcos

Hondo Geurts also serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Defense Group.

Oct 18, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

(U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)

Navy shifts to enterprise IT services approach

The Navy's new IT operational model aims to reduce redundancy and increase cybersecurity.

Oct 15, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Navy looks to keep modernization momentum gained during COVID-19 response

Aaron Weis laid out his vision for cementing changes to how the Navy's IT shop has been operating during the pandemic.

Oct 7, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Department of Defense, DOD, Pentagon — (DOD / Lisa Ferdinando)

Defense Department appoints Jason Weiss as chief software officer

He was previously director of software modernization at the department.

Oct 1, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones

NOAA IBM supercomputers used for climate and weather forecasts. (NOAA photo)

Air Force and Navy ink new supercomputing deal

New high performance computers from Penguin Computing will be able to run 17.6 quadrillion operations per second.

Sep 17, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Capgemini Government Solutions to acquire cybersecurity firm VariQ

VariQ provides software development, cybersecurity and cloud services to departments including the Navy and the SEC.

Sep 15, 2021 By Jackson Barnett