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Air Force

Air Force Looking To Transform Rapid Software Delivery With New PEO Digital

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

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Air Force Looking To Transform Rapid Software Delivery With New PEO Digital

Steve Wert, lead official for the Air Force's new PEO Digital

The Air Force on Monday redesignated its Program Executive Office Battle Management as the new PEO Digital affirming plans to transform its approach to rapidly delivering critical software updates for everything from weapons systems to communication platform.Steven Wert, the new office’s lead official, told attendees Tuesday at an Air Force Association conference that PEO Digital is already capable of fielding agile software updates every two weeks to select operational units.“It’s been very successful. Today we’re pushing updates to three sites…

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