Kubernetes is a great platform and has become the de-facto standard for containerized software development. But if we're serving the three-star Michelin meal of modern software development, Kubernetes is just the table. Where's the food? Where's the menu? How do we know the ingredients are fresh? That's everything else. We're here to talk about some of "Everything Else". We'll start with a quick note on how you can make Kubernetes easy with Cl...

At Army IT Day, we will provide insight from the Army and its mission partners to guide you where they are today and where industry can support the mission in the future. In addition to our keynote speakers, we will present a variety of panels on topics including: Army C5ISR, EW, Army Data Environments, and Installations of the Future, and a PEO-EIS matchmaking event to close out the day. Continue to check back for more updates!

Adversaries of today’s armed forces are contesting all domains, including the electromagnetic spectrum and the information environment. To combat this threat, current defense research programs are looking towards multi-function RF and intelligent networking from distributed platforms – to ensure freedom of maneuver and dynamic access to congested and contested spectrum. Another key capability they are also looking to enable is dist...

This is the first of a series of webinars on innovation and entrepreneurship. This series will cover topics ranging from funding programs and useful small business resources to insightful early startup tactics. This webinar will run approximately 60 minutes and is brought to you by the startup foundry DataTribe and AFCEA’s Small Business Committee. Government projects and university research are at the heart of the most leading edge inno...

Join the AFCEA Emerging Professionals in the Intelligence Community (EPIC) Committee for an evening that will provide an opportunity for students, post-docs, and other young professionals to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and roles available to them within the Intelligence Community. Panelists from EPIC will provide personal accounts, covering their background, route into the IC, current role within the IC, and thoughts on op...

Innovation for advantage, one of the pillars of DOD’s digital modernization strategy, is the rationale for deployment of cloud, cyber and other improvements that support warfighters. But how do widely available, standards-based technologies fit within the innovation framework? How do DOD leaders approach a modernization effort so they adhere to the overall strategy and still get basic functions accomplished cost effectively and with the...

Agencies and departments have a huge problem in their isolated data structures including their geospatial data silos. Each group wanted its own repository with different access points, schema categorization and classification levels, and historically these have been very air-gapped between public and private sources. The National System for Geospatial Intelligence has renewed its focus and mandates to harness the entire GEOINT community throug...

CMMC is fraught with uncertainties in today’s environment, but one thing is still sure: CMMC preparations take a lot longer than defense suppliers think. Although timelines have been adjusted somewhat due to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving defense contractors a little more time to become CMMC compliant, recent DOD updates regarding CMMC indicate that the first pilot contract RFPs including CMMC requirements are expected in Q1FY21. For thos...

Please join AFCEA DC for a virtual event on Jan. 14, 2021, to hear DISA officials discuss how the agency will work closely with mission partners and industry to support innovation across the DoD enterprise in key strategic areas, including the cloud, command, control and communications and cybersecurity. The Defense Information System Agency’s (DISA) mission aligns well with AFCEA DC’s overarching theme for our 2020-2021 Virtual Ev...

Protecting digital communication and collaboration is critical to our military and intelligence services in driving mission success. Our ability to secure the local and remote systems we rely on to share and operationalize intelligence to and from even the most remote location is vital to our national security and protecting our people in the field. Unfortunately, our adversaries know this and are dedicated to infiltrating, exfiltrating, and...