The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.

It’s not all about AI and software. You need hardware compact enough — and secure enough — to deploy into a war zone.

Enabling multi-domain command and control (MDC2) is “how the Air Force becomes the quarterback, the play-caller of the joint warfighting force,” says Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan.

A new warfighting network, DEOS, will provide common enterprise applications at local base, post, camp, and station levels — including deployed and afloat organizations.

The Army wants a single seamless data system from home base to the front line. That’s even harder than it sounds.

Oracle says a federal judge called the procurement “unlawful” — but that word doesn’t actually show up once in his 60-page ruling. And that isn’t Oracle’s only problem.

The Navy’s data is spread all over the place, but a $100 million effort by the Navy aims to change all that within two years.

The Army is upgrading its intelligence system to give forward commanders full access to the cloud — and work when the enemy takes the network down.

Future soldiers will need to download huge amounts of intelligence data — then disconnect and go dark, like a submarine diving underwater to hunt its prey.

Trump’s war with Bezos and Amazon has overshadowed the reason the military wants cloud computing: to share vital data in a fast-paced global conflict.