The Marine Corps is integrating its identity and credentialing functions with the Naval Identity Service (NIS) by the end of 2024 as the first step of its “crawl, walk, run” approach to creating a zero trust security architecture, a top Marine Corps tech official said on Sept. 25. […]
Earlier this year, the Marine Corps achieved notable success amid the Department of Defense’s (DoD) broader challenges with financial audits by adopting a new accounting system. However, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the lack of implementation guidance for the system is presenting several cost and data migration challenges. […]
President Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Melvin Carter to be the U.S. Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for information, the Pentagon announced today. […]
Renata Spinks has officially stepped down from public service, leaving her post as deputy chief information officer (CIO) for information, command, control, communications, and computers (IC4) at the U.S. Marines Corps (USMC) after serving in the role for over two years. […]
The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) – part of the acquisitions command of the U.S. Marine Corps – is looking for industry’s insight on how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can help support the command’s geospatial intelligence program to receive requests and output information. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps said on March 10 that it is launching its Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) as a three-year pilot project that aims to develop a Marine-led software development capability and evaluate demand and requirements for the factory effort’s services. […]
Marine Corps Brigadier General David C. Walsh is taking command of Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) located at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. […]
The United States Marine Corps is seeking new technology capable of defending against enemy drone aircraft, according to a request for information (RFI) posted to SAM.gov on Jan. 5. […]
The Biden administration has nominated Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy to be the next deputy commandant for information of the U.S. Marine Corps. […]
Renata Spinks has been elevated to acting CISO at the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), taking over the position in January 2021. […]
Officials from the Marine Corps (USMC) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) credited laying the mobility groundwork and hosting remote work drills, respectively, for helping the agencies prepare workers for the telework transition during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The Marine Corps is partnering with Verizon to launch a “living lab” at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar to explore ways the military and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies can use 5G to transform operations in areas ranging from communications to base security. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is looking to invest in a few areas for artificial intelligence (AI) and are focusing more on capabilities within those areas, officials said today at the Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD’s) immature global supply chain networks for moving F-35 aircraft parts have largely contributed to F-35 spare parts shortages and difficulties managing and moving parts around the world, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in an April 25 report. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has extended the deadline on a request for information for cloud migration services, with the goal of closing multiple data centers and moving a suite of applications to a commercial cloud environment. The RFI is open until February 20. […]
The Marine Corps Systems Command sent out a request for information on January 7, looking for help in migrating applications from on-prem to commercial cloud environments. Responses are due by January 23. […]
The Marines are working with IBM on an artificial intelligence tool to help find the most efficient and effective ways to deploy troops, whether in rapid response to a crisis or as part of a standard five-year plan. […]
Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock, chief information officer of the United States Marine Corps, said today that the Marines aren’t struggling to find capable IT talent, but utilizing that talent properly may pose a bigger challenge. […]
Welcome to MeriTalk News Briefs, where we bring you all the day’s action that didn’t quite make the headlines. No need to shout about ‘em, but we do feel that they merit talk. […]
Welcome to MeriTalk News Briefs, where we bring you all the day’s action that didn’t quite make the headlines. No need to shout about ‘em, but we do feel that they merit talk. […]
In another example of how far the cyber domain is pervading every aspect of warfare, military units are beginning to add cyber protection testing to vehicles before they hit the road. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) and contractor Cerner are coming off an eight week break in the initial deployment of what’s planned to be a worldwide health care records system. The team stopped work to address glitches in system performance and contend with negative user feedback. But officials in charge of the deployment of the MHS Genesis system said the pause was planned as part of the rollout, initial complaints were expected, and DoD still expects to complete the $4.3 billion system by 2022. […]
The military’s use of unmanned, and even semi-autonomous aircraft has been extensive, but no one’s ever pretended that it would be as easy as point-and-click. That day could be getting closer however, as the Marine Corps recently demonstrated how autonomous helicopter flights could clear a few final hurdles and move towards more widespread military use. […]
Strategy in cyberspace should be treated like the strategy used in traditional military battle spaces, according to Ray Letteer, chief of the cyber division of the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) Department at Headquarters of the U.S. Marine Corps, who spoke at Tenable’s GovProtect17 on June 21. […]
Cybersecurity is a top priority for program managers at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar who are designing an energy security microgrid. […]