Army turns to ‘hackathons’ to better connect dozens of weapons, systems

Palantir Joins U.S. Army and Industry Partners for “Right to Integrate” Hackathon Sprint for Defense-wide Interoperability

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‘Expose your interfaces’: Army pushes industry to open up software for ‘hackathon’

The Army, along with nine major defense companies, will embark on a series of “hackathons” later this month in an attempt to create a common operating system across the service’s disparate platforms. The Army called the effort “Right to Integrate,” according to a Tuesday press release, which will include a “sprint” to shed conflicting information silos that have historically been a fixture of “exquisite warfighting systems” the service has purch…

Army turns to ‘hackathons’ to better connect dozens of weapons, systems

The Army is opening a new front in its battle to get contractors to make their weapons and systems easier to connect: “hackathons.”  Later this month, the service will host some of its biggest vendors for the first of a series of one-day brainstorming sessions about how to integrate the command-and-control software for dozens of military systems. “Right to Integrate,” the service’s name for the effort, will ensure the Army’s battlefield and busi…

Army Launches ‘Right To Integrate’ Effort To Improve Linking Industry’s Weapons, Sensors

The Army on Tuesday announced a new initiative with several defense firms to improve its ability to link together different companies’ weapons platforms, sensors and data capabilities. The service is […]