Army seeking to replace 'legacy' software in command posts

The Army is looking to replace "legacy" software to modernize its future command posts, according to a public announcement.

“This effort strives to eliminate stove-piped legacy systems and consolidates mission systems and programs into a single user interface at command posts to provide a Common Operating Picture,” the Dec. 21 announcement reads.

Issued as a contract opportunity, the Army is looking for a “comprehensive suite of software applications” which can combine warfighting functions and be used to develop additional software.

The effort will use the Team Awareness Kit -- a government software designed to provide real-time data and situation awareness -- as a baseline while the newly developed software will need to “extend” beyond the existing capabilities, the announcement reads.

Additional capabilities include data centricity and modular open systems architecture as well as core command and control functions, the announcement adds.

“The ultimate intent is to provide an ecosystem of tools and services that help accelerate adoption of new capabilities, data feeds, and ml-models within a consistent COP application,” the announcement reads.

The suite will be part of the Army’s Command Post Computing Environment, a system designed to provide commanders with comprehensive data for logistics, intelligence, aerospace and maneuvers.

In its modernization programs, the Army uses the modular open systems approach designed to integrate different systems and software.

The Army’s Distributed Common Ground System, a vehicle designed for intelligence gathering, uses modular open systems architecture to allow for “rapid adaptation to changing mission circumstances.”

Last month, the Army announced an effort to increase the mobility of command posts, requesting that submissions be integrable into existing and future command and control systems.