The chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. (Image credit: John Hoffman/Shutterstock.com)
The Air Force Academy's IT infrastructure is in such dire need of modernization that its accreditation could be in jeopardy. That's what Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academy's superintendent stressed during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2.
"Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence," Clark testified. "Right now we have needs for immediate funding for this year, unfunded requirements, plus we need money into the [Program Objective Memorandum] because our network is not the same network the broader Air Force uses. We are on a '.edu' whereas the Air Force is on a '.mil.'"