Provide software enterprise services and facilitate the implementation and adoption of innovative software best practices, cybersecurity solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies across af programs. Gsa, dod partnership to protect sensitive data gsa. Department of defense dod information technology it. Enterprise software initiative department of navy chief. The department of defense enterprise software initiative, established in 1998 and sponsored by the dod chief information officer, was created to consolidate requirements for commercial software applications and negotiate with vendors to save time and money in the acquisition of software. Air force, and colead for the enterprise devsecops initiative in the office of the department of defense dod cio. The proposed solutions shall be in compliance with existing dod, usaf, and intelligence community ic standardization and interoperability policies.
Feb 21, 2020 the effort is led by nicolas chaillan, chief software officer for the u. Dod will build on the successes of the dod enterprise software initiative esi10 and. The air force has signed a new deal to partner with private sector software and technology providers through a new enterprise software license agreement esla with oracle for software engineering and cloud services designed to streamline air force operations and. Air force accelerates cloud movement with oracle software. Air force obtain an enterprisewide license for a core set of software products from oracle nyse.
Department of defense dod enterprise software initiative esi. Support air force program executive officers and air force program managers. The devsecops software platform being deployed by the dod enterprise devsecops enterprise initiative will enable software fixes in minutes and automate testing and security, among other capabilities, says nicolas chaillan, chief software officer, u. Dod and the general services administration are among the many federal agencies that participated in. By pooling commercial software requirements and presenting a single negotiating position to leading software vendors, esi provides pricing advantages not otherwise available to. Our advantage in future battles depends on our ability to fuse vast amounts of data to accelerate our decision cycle to guarantee the success of any. Another key focus of the dod it enterprise initiative is to enhance dods ability to counter cyber security threats.
Donovan is driving a new digital air force initiative, emphasizing reforms that harness the integrated strengths of a connected network of weapons, sensors and analytic tools. The dod enterprise software initiative esi is a contract mechanism that establishes and manages commercialofftheshelf cots information technology it agreements, assets, and policies for the purpose of lowering total cost of ownership across the dod, coast guard and intelligence communities. Within days, there will be a memo issued by the dod cio and the departments head of acquisition announcing the reference architecture and guiding the department on how to use it, said nicolas chaillan, a colead on dods enterprise devsecops initiative and the air forces chief software officer. The dod enterprise devsecops initiative so far has 29 organizations working with it, including special operations command, transportation command, naval air. Dod cloud has leading uses for warfighter, officials say u. Def2019 dod enterprise devsecops initiative software factory. The dod enterprise software initiative esi is an official dod initiative. Nicolas chaillan, chief software officer for the air force and the colead for the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. Technology excellence in execution is enabled by avoid vendor lockin at the infrastructure and platform layer by leveraging foss with kubernetes and oci containers. Chief software officer nicolas chaillan is leading the mission to make the digital air force a reality by supporting our airmen with software enterprise capabilities and is the colead for the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. Dod esi customers may now order azul software through the nasa sewp catalog.
Nov 27, 2006 the enterprise software initiative and enterprise software agreements support the purchase of commercialofftheshelf software and associated services and hardware for the dod, coast guard, intelligence community, nato and foreign military sales customers. Dod cloud has leading uses for warfighter, officials say. Massive dod devsecops standards push may aid enterprise it. Information technology archives page 3 of 5 acqnotes.
Purpose strategic sourcing is a collaborative and structured process of analyzing an organizations spend and using the information to make business decisions about acquiring commodities and services more effectively and efficiently1. This contract is issued under the dod enterprise software initiative esi in accordance with the defense federal acquisition regulation supplement, section 208. The purpose of this web site is to facilitate effective information flow about the dod enterprise software initiative dod esi. Def2019 dod enterprise devsecops initiative software. Maintenance, repair and overhaul initiative contract award. Procurement initiative secures dod computers, saves money. Azul is the industrys first company dedicated to supporting an enterprise. Drive and enable rapid enterprise it transformation and cybersecurity reform to deliver an innovative digital experience.
Defense departments devsecops initiative is on the move. Small business office united states air force academy. Dod devsecops initiative value for dod programs defense. The air force called the project kessel run, a nod to han solos speedy mission. According to donovan, the air force must control and manipulate massive volumes of information to outthink and outmaneuver its opponents. Enterprise software agreements updated april 30, 2019. Avoid vendor lockin at the infrastructure and platform layer by leveraging foss with kubernetes and oci containers. Microsoft products and symantec are purchased through an air force enterprise license agreement ela contract or a dod enterprise software initiative esi. Dod enterprise devsecops initiative hardening container document v2. The dod enterprise software initiative esi is an official dod initiative sponsored by the dod chief information officer cio to lead in the establishment and management of enterprise cots it agreements, assets, and policies. Dod enterprise devsecops initiative defense acquisition. Air force, scaled agile to find ways how to implement safe. The air force said unified platform, a joint cyber operations system, debuted in april.
Founded the dod enterprise devsevops initiative with dod cio to help dod programs move to devsecops. Air force and disa it priorities, such as data center consolidation, collaboration, cyber security, mobility and cloud computing. Chief software officer, department of defense, united states air force, safaq approved by. The air force district of washington, joint base andrews, maryland. In march, 2019, the office of the air force chief scientist afst, in partnership with the air force research laboratory afrl, published the autonomous horizons. Jun 20, 2019 the dod enterprise devsecops initiative so far has 29 organizations working with it, including special operations command, transportation command, naval air systems command, and the naval. Secnav don cio navy pentagon washington, dc 20350. The enterprise software initiative esi is a joint project designed to implement a true software enterprise management process within the department of defense dod. The data at rest tiger team dartt, a multiagency task force in partnership with the dod enterprise software initiative dod esi and gsa smartbuy, analyzed sales reports from july through december 2007 to evaluate dar encryption products purchased by state, local and federal government agencies from qualified vendors using dodgsasponsored. Sitting down in the us capital of washington dc, nicolas m chaillan, chief software officer at the us air force and colead of the us department of. Defense dod established the joint artificial intelligence center jaic and released the dods al strategy. Air force information technology and netcentric acquisition guide. Air force enterprise software licensing support dod enterprise software initiative esi.
About six months later, officials with the defense departments enterprise software initiative purchase program, in partnership with those in the gsas smartbuy program, awarded 12 blanket purchase agreements for various computersecurityrelated products and services, he said. Adobe, cisco, and microsoft joint enterprise level agreement jelas. Existing enterprise license agreements elasjoint or dod elas. Department of defense al strategy, 2018 in september of 2018, in alignment with our national defense strategy nds, the department of defense dod established the joint artificial intelligence center jaic and released the dods al strategy. This webinar will present the vision for transforming dod software acquisition into secure, responsive software factories. Before this first unified platform capability, the services. The joint enterprise license agreement jela provides a single microsoft technology contract to support u.
Air force and scaled agile have formed a publicprivate partnership to provide recommendations on how to implement the scale agile framework in a devsecops context in compliance with the. Hanscom air force base in its ongoing support of military operations, the 754th electronic systems group enterprise services division continues to shape, acquire and support warfighting information technology capabilities that increase the effectiveness of the air force, department of defense and other federal agencies. Air force accelerates cloud movement with oracle software licensing deal. Other software is available through the dod esi include. The dod enterprise devsecops initiative is a dod wide team which provides devsecops guidance and tangible information to department of defense programs, click here to check the dsops publications. Dod networks are under constant attack from cyber security threats launched from the internet or from malicious software embedded in email attachments, removable media, or embedded in the hardware dod procures.
Devnation federal 2019 dod software factory with the dod. The air force software revolution air force magazine. The warfighter needed the enterprise cloud yesterday, said air force lt. Air force bes units hic enterprise services division. To address this situation, the dod is pursuing a new software development activity called the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. Oct 16, 2019 air force chief software officer, nicolas chaillan delivers a talk on how the dod enterprise devsecops initiative introduces the dod wide process to a continuous authority to operate, leveraging. Air force obtain an enterprise wide license for a core set of software products from oracle nyse. The dod enterprise devsecops initiative so far has 29 organizations working with it, including special operations command, transportation command, naval air systems command, and the naval. Department of defense enterprise software initiative esi program manager af. Sonikube was challenged by nicolas chaillan, chief software officer for the air force and colead for the dod enterprise devsecops initiative, to install kubernetes on the legacy hardware in f16s.
Donovan stresses digital air forces importance and. Dod esi lowers the total cost of ownership across the dod, coast guard and intelligence communities for. Air force, colead of the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. That first software release connects the army, marine corps, and us cyber commands cyber systems to pull data from across the department and help spot possible attacks on dod networks. In march, 2019, the office of the air force chief scientist afst, in partnership with the air. One point for the team was to demonstrate that it could be done, chaillan said in his keynote presentation at kubecon 2019 in san diego. Dod enterprise software initiative the dod enterprise software initiative esi is a contract mechanism that establishes and manages commercialofftheshelf cots information technology it agreements, assets, and policies for the purpose of lowering total cost of ownership across the dod, coast guard and intelligence communities. Dod enterprise devsecops initiative introduction v4. The data at rest tiger team dartt, a multiagency task force in partnership with the dod enterprise software initiative dod esi and gsa smartbuy, analyzed sales reports from july through december 2007 to evaluate dar encryption products purchased by state, local and federal government agencies from qualified vendors using dod gsasponsored. Check out our public documents and the links to our dccscrdcar container repository watch our playlists, available at different expertise levels and continuously augmented. Show all, all dod, all federal, air force, army, don, disa, other dod. Dod enterprise software initiative esi itam itamsoft. Jul 22, 2019 nicolas chaillan, chief software officer for the air force and the colead for the dod enterprise devsecops initiative.
Want to learn more about the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. Department of defense dod enterprise software initiative. Jan 11, 2019 this contract is issued under the dod enterprise software initiative esi in accordance with the defense federal acquisition regulation supplement, section 208. Tags department of defense dod dod enterprise software initiative dod esi. The objective of the dsor ii initiative is to significantly reduce time and manpower required by. C2isr air force, department of defense dod and other federal agencies worldwide. The effort is focused on bringing automated software tools, services and standards to dod programs so that warfighters can create, deploy and operate software applications in a secure, flexible and interoperable manner, explained nicolas chaillan, chief software officer, u. Air force chief software officer, nicolas chaillan delivers a talk on how the dod enterprise devsecops initiative introduces the dodwide process to a continuous authority to operate, leveraging. Why the air force put kubernetes in an f16 defense systems. Sep 27, 2019 within days, there will be a memo issued by the dod cio and the departments head of acquisition announcing the reference architecture and guiding the department on how to use it, said nicolas chaillan, a colead on dods enterprise devsecops initiative and the air forces chief software officer.
Dod esis mission extends across the entire commercial it lifecycle combining the dods. As outlined in a july white paper, the digital air force initiative encompasses comprehensive changes to how the force gathers, uses and shares data. Aug 20, 2019 to address this situation, the dod is pursuing a new software development activity called the dod enterprise devsecops initiative. The dod enterprise devsecops initiative is a dodwide team which provides. Dod looks to scale devsecops, container use across department. Jack shanahan, director of the joint artificial intelligence center. At bases near and far, air force coders are revolutionizing the pace of upgrades and development. Us airforce october 2019 by business chief usa issuu. Fresh from ditching an overbudget, behindschedule software contract, usaf set out to learn to code just like the commercial tech industry. The effort is led by nicolas chaillan, chief software officer for the u. Jun 06, 2019 the devsecops software platform being deployed by the dod enterprise devsecops enterprise initiative will enable software fixes in minutes and automate testing and security, among other capabilities, says nicolas chaillan, chief software officer, u. Chaillan is leading the mission to make the digital air force a reality by supporting our airmen with software. The dau devsecops academy is a partnership between dods software innovators, devsecops pioneers, elite academia.
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