
Marine Corps developed software to control commercial radars
The Marine Corps demonstrated it could develop its own software to remote into and control commercial radars at the Army’s Project Convergence experiment.
The Marine Corps demonstrated it could develop its own software to remote into and control commercial radars at the Army’s Project Convergence experiment.
“Hopefully in a helpful way, we’re trying to bound that with the right level of department-wide guidance and instruction that we’ll have out here fairly shortly from the CIO’s office,” Kevin Mulvihill said.
As the command builds a program executive office for its warfighting architecture, the Senate Armed Services Committee wants a more detailed plan on the future of its vision.
The far-reaching directive — which addresses the requirements process, procurement, sustainment and personnel — comes amid a push for accelerating digital modernization across the U.S. military.
The MCSWF was stood up last year as a pilot to hone and demonstrate troops’ coding skills, show that there’s a demand for the concept and that it can be scaled.
The service is soliciting feedback on its recently prototyped My Army Post app.
The tech will give soldiers notices about things like traffic and road closures, local weather, and hours of operations for gyms, restaurants, hospitals and PX/commissary.
The Army will be delivering quarterly software capability drops for its Command Post Computing Environment going forward.
Defense Leadership Vito Errico is director of the Army Software Factory which is located near Army Futures Command headquarters in Austin, Texas. The organization is spearheading the service’s efforts to build up its organic software talent. Unlike some of the U.S. military’s other software factories, the Army Software Factory is primarily led by troops. He […]
The concept is in line with Army Secretary Christine Wormuth’s No. 2 priority for the Army: data centricity.