The Army believes that by moving to a “managed service” model for satellite communications, it will be able to “keep up with new solutions as they come out,” Col. Shane Taylor tells Breaking Defense.
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“The purchasing model that we currently use, which is buying and maintaining a large quantity of radios, may not be as flexible or frankly as affordable as it needs to be in order for us to solve the long-term challenge of making sure the Army can fight and win the nation’s wars,” Gabe Camarillo, Army undersecretary, said.
By Jaspreet Gill
The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army will effectively rent back-office IT “as a service” from contractors, allowing it to focus on modernizing the front-line network.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. The Army’s got lots of really old IT on its bases which may not hold up in a real war.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The existing, expensive network can’t do what the Army needs. So is the solution outsourcing to the private sector?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
