by ADC | Oct 19, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, Installation Innovation Forum, On Base
Climate change is dramatically impacting force readiness and imposing unsustainable costs for DOD and the military services. To maintain its global advantage, the U.S. military will need to continue investing in climate change mitigation. The assistant secretary...
by ADC | Oct 18, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
We finally learned this week who is serving on the newest panel of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board, chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. According to a DOD release, the board includes: Gilda Barabino, president at Franklin W. Olin College...
by ADC | Oct 14, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, Installation Innovation, Installation Innovation Forum, On Base
The Army’s climate change strategy will “proactively adapt to and mitigate climate change,” Jack Surash, acting assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, said recently, as National Defense Magazine reported. “We want to attempt to...
by ADC | Oct 11, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, Installation Innovation Forum, On Base
A group of pro-Russian hackers took credit for crashing the websites of several major U.S. airports Monday, as NPR and other outlets reported. The attacks didn’t impact flights, but it’s another reminder that there are national security vulnerabilities in an...
by ADC | Oct 11, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
The Army is rolling out its “bring your own device” policy today. The first of two phases of a pilot program is “a notion that, as recently as a few years ago, would have seemed like a pipe dream because of various legal, policy and cybersecurity concerns,” as Federal...
by ADC | Oct 5, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
NavalX, the Navy’s innovation hub, will launch multiple initiatives this month to attract new companies, Federal News Network reported. “Rather than prototyping new technologies in-house, the Navy will outsource at least some proportion of that work to a 501(c)3...
by ADC | Oct 5, 2022 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, Installation Innovation, On Base
Two buildings at the former Fort Monroe, Virginia will be turned into apartments, and a third will become a private firing range, the Daily Press reported…. Verizon is using a DOD contract to build a 5G network at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, the company...
by ADC | Oct 4, 2022 | Energy, Installation Innovation, On Base
The Navy has an agreement with the Port of San Diego to allow it to “plug into and pull power from shore-based infrastructure,” according to Breaking Defense. The agreement taps into a California energy credit program and lets the Navy use the state’s infrastructure...
by ADC | Sep 30, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
Congress passed legislation Thursday reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Technology Transfers (STTR) program through 2025. DOD is the primary user of the grants, as Breaking Defense noted. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pushed for some tweaks to...
