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DISA is a DoD combat support agency that provides IT and communications support to the U.S. military and other defense organizations. DISA offers various services such as command and control, multinational information sharing, computing, contracting, and enterprise engineering.
JWICS is the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System that houses top secret and sensitive compartmented information for the US Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. It was accessed by Chelsea Manning in 2010 to leak documents to WikiLeaks, and by Jack Teixeira in 2023 to reveal the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Army Knowledge Online (AKO) was a web application that provided enterprise information services to the US Army and DoD customers. AKO was sunset in 2021 and replaced by Defense Knowledge Online.
DISN is the enterprise telecommunications network of the U.S. Department of Defense, providing data, video, and voice services for 40 years. It consists of three segments: sustaining base, long-haul transport, and deployed warfighter, and offers various networking services such as GCDS, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and more.
The GIG includes any DoD system, equipment, software, or service that transmits, stores, or processes DoD information, and any other associated services necessary to achieve information superiority. The Global Information Grid (GIG) is a network of information transmission and processing maintained by the United States Department of Defense.
WHS is a DoD agency that provides administrative and management support to multiple DoD components and military departments in the National Capital Region and beyond. It operates the Pentagon, the Mark Center, and other DoD-leased facilities, and offers services such as acquisition, facilities, information technology, financial, human resources, and legal.
JEDI was a $10 billion cloud computing contract for the US Department of Defense, awarded to Microsoft in 2019 after a legal battle with Amazon. The contract was cancelled in 2021 and replaced by JWCC, a new program involving multiple vendors.
Learn about the role and history of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6, who advises the chief of staff on information technology and operations. Find out the planned realignment of the CIO and G-6 functions and the list of past and current chiefs of signal officers.