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  4 septembre 2018 | International, C4ISR

  Defense Department Seeks ‘Rapid Cloud Migration’ Ideas for MilCloud

  BY FRANK KONKEL MilCloud 2.0 is about to host a lot more data, and the Defense Department wants ideas for how to get it there faster. The Defense Department's technical arm wants to see what capabilities exist in the marketplace to improve the migration of data and applications to milCloud 2.0, the Pentagon's on-premise cloud. On Wednesday, the Defense Information Systems Agency issued a request for informationto industry seeking input on “rapid cloud migration” as it aims to understand capabilities relevant to “automated cloud migration techniques.” The RFI, which does not constitute a solicitation but could lead to one-on-one discussions with vendors, comes three months after Pentagon memo directed all “fourth-estate” defense agencies to migrate all data and applications to milCloud 2.0 by 2020. In the interim, the Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer had planned to coordinate with affected agencies, including DISA, to plan their cloud migrations. MilCloud 2.0 went live earlier this year as part of a three-year, $500 million contract won by CSRA, which has since been purchased by defense contractor General Dynamics. The RFI makes clear the Pentagon's current migration strategy, which includes “manual cloning and conversion of server images, which are then provisioned, into the new cloud environment, or provisioning, building and configuring applications on virtual servers from scratch,” is not sufficient. “This RFI seeks migration solutions that can accurately duplicate the suite of servers used with an application from their current environment into a cloud environment built on Apache CloudStack technology and KVM hypervisor,” the RFI states. “The scope of duplication includes all applications used with the system, configuration of network and network security controls when proper APIs are exposed, and identification of interactions within the application system and to external systems when needed network traffic is made available for analysis.” Options, the RFI says, could include the “use of vendor-provided tools or analytic capabilities if packet captures, or other network monitoring information.” Industry responses must be received by Sept. 10. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/08/defense-department-seeks-rapid-cloud-migration-ideas-milcloud/150934/

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  5 octobre 2020 | International, Aérospatial

  La France pourrait commander des Rafale en urgence

  JÉRÉMY JOLY Le ministère des Armées pourrait passer une commande "à court terme" et de façon "simultanée" à celle de la Grèce. L'heure tourne pour l'armée de l'air française. Selon les informations de La Tribune, l'Hôtel de Brienne pourrait passer très rapidement une commande pour des avions Rafale à l'avionneur Dassault. Une commande en urgence liée aux besoins opérationnels directs des militaires français. En effet, les calculs actuels font apparaître un déficit de 18 avions d'ici à l'horizon 2022. Une situation qui pourrait mener à une accélération de la cadence de production chez Dassault Aviation. Mi-août, on a appris que la Grèce faisait l'acquisition de 18 avions de combat français Rafale. Six d'entre eux seront neufs, les autres seront des modèles d'occasion. Or, ceux-ci seront pris directement dans la flotte de l'armée de l'air et sur les chaînes de production. Autant d'avions qui manqueront donc aux forces opérationnelles. La Grèce souhaite en effet les premiers appareils dès la mi-2021 et les derniers débuts 2022. Or, il faut 36 mois pour fabriquer un Rafale. Vers une hausse des cadences de production ? Selon La Tribune, les aviateurs français feraient donc face à un déficit de 18 appareils à la fin de l'année 2022. Dans le même temps, 55 Mirage 2000D sont en rénovation. Les derniers Rafale ont été livrés en 2018 à la France. Un sentiment d'urgence qui pourrait donc pousser la France à passer commande de façon simultanée avec la Grèce. "Dassault Aviation devra augmenter ses cadences de production", insiste une source au sein de l'armée de l'air. Une situation à même de s'aggraver si la Croatie décide d'investir dans des Rafale d'occasion. >> A lire aussi - Florence Parly cherche à rassurer sur les prélèvements de Rafale pour la Grèce Le carnet de commandes de Dassault Aviation affiche déjà 96 commandes jusqu'en 2022, entre l'Inde et le Qatar. En France, l'objectif à l'horizon 2030 est de compter sur une flotte de 225 Rafale (185 pour l'armée de l'air et 40 pour la marine). Dans le même temps, comme le souligne l'Usine Nouvelle, Dassault Aviation espère inciter la Finlande ou encore la Suisse à passer aussi des commandes. Un impératif alors que selon les projections actuelles les chaînes de production ne seront pas remplies après 2024. https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/la-france-pourrait-commander-des-rafale-en-urgence-1382074

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  23 novembre 2018 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR

  Killing of Khashoggi tests U.S. defense industry as backlash builds on Capitol Hill

  By Beth Reinhard ,Tom Hamburger and Emma Brown The powerful U.S. defense industry is facing a rare challenge to its influence on Capitol Hill as support for arms sales to Saudi Arabia has rapidly eroded following the killing last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi government operatives. The defense industry's typically aggressive lobby has gone quiet as gruesome details of Khashoggi's death have leaked and American intelligence officials have laid blame at the feet of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Even as President Trump has reiterated his support for continued sales of U.S. weapons to the kingdom, congressional opposition to those sales and to U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen has mounted in recent weeks — testing the power of an industry that has sold tens of billions of dollars' worth of weapons systems to the kingdom since the 1950s. Growing bipartisan support for Senate legislation to cut off the arms sales marks a historic disruption in a seemingly inviolable arms-for-oil trade relationship that stretches back decades and is an unusual setback for one of the most influential lobbies in Washington. In the coming weeks, key senators are expected to push for a vote on a measure that would impose sanctions on Saudi officials responsible for Khashoggi's death and suspend many weapons sales to Saudi Arabia until it ceases airstrikes in Yemen that have killed tens of thousands of civilians. The bill represents one of the first major breaks between congressional Republicans and the White House, which has embraced Saudi Arabia as a key Middle Eastern ally — a strategy driven by Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, who forged a strong personal relationship with the crown prince. Full article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/killing-of-khashoggi-tests-us-defense-industry-as-backlash-builds-on-capitol-hill/2018/11/21/15a1df52-dc7d-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html