Army wants smart phones, apps to be standard issue
Army wants smart phones, apps to be standard issueProgram would evolve as technologies change
By Henry Kenyon Jul 28, 2011The Army wants a few good smart phones. It also wants tablet computers and any other handheld electronics that can help soldiers perform with more efficiency on and off the battlefield.
In the past year, the Army has made a major push to issue smart phones and apps to troops. The service has launched several efforts, including Apps for the Army, which provides a place where soldiers can submit and use applications they’ve developed.
A unified program to select, issue and manage handheld electronics for the service is still forming. Its ultimate shape will be determined by programs such as Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications (CSDA), whose primary goal is to put handheld electronics rapidly into the hands of warfighters.
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Getting hardware onto the battlefield is not the only aim of the program, managed by the Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) at Fort Bliss, Texas. Because commercial technologies evolve so quickly, the Army does not want to be locked into a single device. Another requirement is the ability to move data from device to device. An infrastructure must in place to implement and manage devices, software and applications.
“We need to make sure that we do this systematically,” said Michael McCarthy, operations director at BMC’s Mission Command Complex. “So we look at hardware, software, back-end servers and the processors that are needed, the applications, the transport layer as well as logistics and sustainment.”
CSDA is not a program of record with formalized budget lines and acquisition strategies, but its status as a pilot project provides its leaders with the flexibility to look at different platforms and systems. “What we are trying to do is the research and analysis so that when the Army is ready to move it to a program of record we can provide them with an informed recommendation on a course of action,” McCarthy said.
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Army smart phone program moves onto battlefield -- Defense Systems
Army marches smart phones, apps to the battlefield
Unified program putting emerging tech in soldiers hands would evolve as technologies change
By Henry Kenyon Jul 28, 2011The Army wants a few good smart phones. It also wants tablet computers and any other handheld electronics that can help soldiers perform with more efficiency on and off the battlefield.
In the past year, the Army has made a major push to issue smart phones and apps to troops. The service has launched several efforts, including Apps for the Army, which provides a place where soldiers can submit and use applications they’ve developed.
A unified program to select, issue and manage handheld electronics for the service is still forming. Its ultimate shape will be determined by programs such as Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications (CSDA), whose primary goal is to put handheld electronics rapidly into the hands of warfighters.
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Getting hardware onto the battlefield is not the only aim of the program, managed by the Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) at Fort Bliss, Texas. Because commercial technologies evolve so quickly, the Army does not want to be locked into a single device. Another requirement is the ability to move data from device to device. An infrastructure must in place to implement and manage devices, software and applications.
“We need to make sure that we do this systematically,” said Michael McCarthy, operations director at BMC’s Mission Command Complex. “So we look at hardware, software, back-end servers and the processors that are needed, the applications, the transport layer as well as logistics and sustainment.”
CSDA is not a program of record with formalized budget lines and acquisition strategies, but its status as a pilot project provides its leaders with the flexibility to look at different platforms and systems. “What we are trying to do is the research and analysis so that when the Army is ready to move it to a program of record we can provide them with an informed recommendation on a course of action,” McCarthy said.
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