U.S. Navy cyber leaders seek enhanced cloud capabilities that maintain connectivity and access to applications in every environment.
The
branch of the U.S. Armed Forces says it needs “more robustness and more
resiliency” to rebound should any potential hacking or jamming be
carried out against the U.S. by one of its enemies.
- Despite
the significant technological advances in recent years, connectivity
services available to military personnel on land still provide better
coverage than those working on the sea.
- The
U.S. Navy is often plagued by intermittent connectivity that can result
in lost information and does not offer a seamless reconnection. This is
often due to severe weather conditions, ventures to remote
environments, and constant movement.
- Rear
Adm. Stephen Donald, deputy commander of the 10th fleet, stated that
the industry needs “to figure out how to give me a ‘virtual cloud’ while
afloat so that while I’m disconnected, I still have all the
capabilities I can possibly have locally.”
- In Dec. 2022, the Navy awarded a $742M contract to Amazon to provide the branch’s commercial cloud environment.
