Jim Mattis Archives

Jeff Bezos, founder of private space company Blue Origin and the Amazon.com, visited the Los Angeles Air Force base, Space and Missile Systems center and spoke to the Commanders and Leaderships of Air Force Space Command at Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., Oct 25, 2017.

Bezos was up for a Defense Innovation Board spot before last minute retraction

Jeff Bezos was up for a spot on the Defense Innovation Board before a whistleblower flagged problems.

Aug 22, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

VA, DOD leaders commit to ‘seamlessly integrated electronic health record’

A new joint letter reinforces "both departments’ commitment to ensuring the successful transition from a legacy patient-data system to a modernized one that will continue to support…

Oct 11, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Robert Wilkie, then the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to a gathering of service members from each military branch about the importance of family readiness at the annual Department of Defense Family Readiness Awards, at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. (Marine Corps / Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Wilkie: VA and DOD ‘will be joined from the hip’ on EHR rollout

The secretary of Veterans Affairs said “from here on out, DOD and VA will be joined from the hip" on EHR implementation.

Aug 30, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify on the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, April 12, 2018. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Pentagon launching joint office focused on artificial intelligence

DOD Secretary Jim Mattis detailed his aggressive agenda for Pentagon research and engineering.

Apr 13, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Brig. Gen. Dennis Crall, left, stands during his promotion ceremony at the Home of the Commandants in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2015. (Commandant of the Marine Corps / Flickr)

Marines’ Crall takes DOD cyber adviser role; Bible in as acting CIO

Crall is taking the spot left empty by Maj. Gen. Burke “Ed” Wilson, who Defense Secretary Jim Mattis appointed as his right-hand man on cyber policy.

Feb 7, 2018

Pentagon sets ‘aggressive’ path to cloud with new steering group

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued a recent memo directing the creation of the DOD Cloud Executive Steering Group.

Sep 22, 2017 By Billy Mitchell

Jim Mattis, Raj Shah — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks with Raj Shah at DIUx headquarters in Mountain View, California, in August 2017. (DOD photo / Flickr)

Secretary Mattis ready to ‘enthusiastically embrace’ DIUx

"There is no doubt in my mind that DIUx will not only continue to exist, it will actually — it will grow in its influence and its…

Aug 11, 2017