Kessel Run, the operational name for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Detachment 12, is responsible for the creation of the service’s mission-critical applications and software. From the outside looking in, that would appear to be a challenging…
The Real Reason Why Automation Eludes the Government
At the heart of many government digital transformation initiatives is a simple concept – automation. Effectively, the more simple, redundant, and time-consuming tasks that can be automated, the more time that the government’s resource-strapped agencies and organizations have to focus…
How Kessel Run is “Winning” at Software
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Detachment 12, which goes by the operational name, “Kessel Run,” is one of the most innovative organizations within the Department of Defense (DoD). However, while many across the public and private sectors…
Improving the Provisioning Process to Accelerate the SDLC
While the movement away from the traditional waterfall approach to application development and towards the DevSecOps approach to application development does involve a large change in an organization’s culture and operations, it also is a shift that is facilitated by…
Culture and Aversion to Change Hampering Government DevSecOps Adoption
The speed at which innovation moves and technology advances is incredibly fast. A DevSecOps approach to application development can ensure that new capabilities and solutions can be brought to government employees and military personnel rapidly, at the speed of innovation.…
Is a cATO Possible in Today’s Military?
In the last episode of the ContinuousX Podcast, hosts Rick Stewart and Michael Fitzurka of DLT were joined by Kaitlin Bulavinetz, the Chief of Staff to the Chief Software Officer of the United States Air Force, to talk about enabling…
Kaitlin Bulavinetz Discusses the Cultural Changes Needed to Embrace DevSecOps in the Air Force
The benefits of shifting from a traditional “waterfall” approach to application development to a DevSecOps approach to application development have been well documented – including in the GovDevSecOpsHub. Ultimately, by shifting security left in the development process, application development teams…
Developer Spotlight – Kessel Run Makes Air Force History
Last month, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)’s Detachment 12, which is better known by its Star Wars-inspired operational name – Kessel Run – announced that its Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) would be operationally utilized…
Government AppDev Leaders Explain the Benefits and Risks of APIs and IaC
On Thursday, May 20, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology – a cybersecurity-focused think tank – brought together leaders from across the federal government and military to discuss an incredibly important topic – the benefits and risk factors that new…
How the Air Force and SSA Navigate the (Sometimes Bumpy) Road to DevSecOps
Software and applications have taken on an outsized role in today’s government – helping agencies and military organizations more effectively and efficiently accomplish their missions and service constituents. But to keep pace with innovation, stay ahead of adversaries and keep…
