TRANSCOM Archives

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks walks with the commander of U.S. Transportation Command, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, upon arrival at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 17, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Transportation Command developing new dashboard for better data fusion

The Global Mobility Nodal Posture Dashboard is expected provide a quick, real-time view of Transcom's workloads worldwide.

Aug 18, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Media representatives film and take pictures of a US air force aircraft parked on the tarmac after an evacuation flight from Kabul at the Rota naval base in Rota, southern Spain, on August 31, 2021. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty Images)

From Afghanistan to Ukraine, Pentagon applies tech-centered takeaways amid modern crises

National security officials reflected on how recent global challenges are driving innovation, and new approaches to data.

Jun 13, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise — Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload equipment from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 6, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. (U.S. Air National Guard / Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

U.S. Transportation Command plans continued work in AWS cloud

As JEDI delays continue, U.S. Transportation Command plans to stick with Amazon Web Services as its cloud service provider for at least the next few years.

Apr 27, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Gen. Stephen Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader, met with Airmen during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Nov. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes)

Transportation Command is looking to CMMC to secure its vulnerable contractors

U.S. Transportation Command relies heavily on data and is working to improve the data sharing agreements it has with contractors to better protect its data.

Feb 25, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader visits Travis — U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, U.S. Transportation Command senior enlisted leader, is briefed on the challenges of controlling aircraft and TRANSCOM sorties in and out of Travis Air Force Base’s airspace by Chief Master Sgt. David Iglesias, 60th Operations Support Squadron Chief Controller, RAPCON, Feb. 8, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Keller)

JEDI delay results in a win for Amazon with U.S. TRANSCOM

Because of the delays in awarding JEDI, U.S. Transportation Command said it had to extend an expiring commercial contract with AWS through July 2020.

Apr 22, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Soldiers from the 83rd Infantry Division board a Boeing 737 at the Yokota passenger terminal, Jan. 4, 2011 to support a Joint Air Expeditionary Force mission, sponsored by the U.S. Transportation Command at Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

After protest, TRANSCOM will move classified data to AWS cloud

The contract stands to serve as a major foot in the door for AWS to prove its ability to host DOD's secret-level systems.

Mar 13, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Pentagon awards nearly $1B contract for cloud migration to REAN Cloud

The contract is based on a prototype REAN launched last year with the U.S. Transportation Command, helping migrate dozens of its legacy applications to the cloud.

Feb 7, 2018