U.S. Transportation Command Archives

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks walks with the commander of U.S. Transportation Command, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, upon arrival at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 17, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Transportation Command developing new dashboard for better data fusion

The Global Mobility Nodal Posture Dashboard is expected provide a quick, real-time view of Transcom's workloads worldwide.

Aug 18, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Deputy Secretary of Defense nominee Kathleen Hicks reacts to the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Hicks’ multi-state tour to focus on emerging and disruptive defense tech

Military technologies and strategic competition against China will be a primary focus for the deputy secretary of defense on her upcoming trip.

Aug 16, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader visits Travis — U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, U.S. Transportation Command senior enlisted leader, is briefed on the challenges of controlling aircraft and TRANSCOM sorties in and out of Travis Air Force Base’s airspace by Chief Master Sgt. David Iglesias, 60th Operations Support Squadron Chief Controller, RAPCON, Feb. 8, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Keller)

Transportation Command will soon implement ‘zero trust’ on classified networks

Transportation Command will be implementing zero trust security model principles this summer.

Mar 30, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

A Modular Fuel System vehicle leaves the Fisher ship after soldiers offloaded cargo during the Joint Readiness Exercise 20, at the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo by Michelle Gigante)

Transportation Command migrating applications to Air Force’s Cloud One

The agency had planned to move its cloud capabilities to the Department of Defense's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud platform — but then it was canceled.

Feb 23, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise — Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload equipment from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 6, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. (U.S. Air National Guard / Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

U.S. Transportation Command plans continued work in AWS cloud

As JEDI delays continue, U.S. Transportation Command plans to stick with Amazon Web Services as its cloud service provider for at least the next few years.

Apr 27, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Gen. Stephen Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader, met with Airmen during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Nov. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes)

Transportation Command is looking to CMMC to secure its vulnerable contractors

U.S. Transportation Command relies heavily on data and is working to improve the data sharing agreements it has with contractors to better protect its data.

Feb 25, 2020 By Jackson Barnett