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

The Army will effectively rent back-office IT “as a service” from contractors, allowing it to focus on modernizing the front-line network.

The Army’s got lots of really old IT on its bases which may not hold up in a real war.

The existing, expensive network can’t do what the Army needs. So is the solution outsourcing to the private sector?

It’s all part of a wider effort to rebuild the Army’s command, control, and communications (C3) networks for war against a high-tech great power.

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AUSA: Faced with a grave threat from Russian advances in electronic warfare over the last five years, the US Army really will develop a useful, effective and adaptable tactical network after a decade of missteps and failures. Really. [Click here to download our free ebook on the Army’s network travails] “The urgency of now is… Keep reading →

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