DOD Wants 30-Day Time Frame For Approval Of Mobile Devices, Apps

By Jordana Mishory / May 2, 2013 at 2:14 PM
The Pentagon aims to approve mobile devices and supporting applications in under a month, according to a senior defense official. The Defense Department needs to speed up this process from occurring in a nine- to 12-month window to within 30 days because by the time mobile phones are approved they can already be outdated, said Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler, the Pentagon's deputy chief information officer for command, control, communications and computers and information infrastructure capabilities. The long approval process "ain't...

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