TACOM plans further industry engagement amid ‘readiness crisis’
“We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it's not coming fast enough," Brig. Gen. Beth Behn, commanding general of TACOM, told Breaking Defense.
“We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it's not coming fast enough," Brig. Gen. Beth Behn, commanding general of TACOM, told Breaking Defense.
An Army official told Breaking Defense the service's original plan to build a software backbone itself makes less sense now that there's real industry investment in the capability.
The six companies awarded through prototype Other Transaction Agreements are: Maren-Go, Overland AI, Forterra, Hendrick’s Motorsports, American Rheinmetall and HDT, according to a service release.
The service has swapped ISVs for MRZRs for its UxS initiative, an Army official told Breaking Defense.