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Army Enlists IBM’s Watson To Streamline Logistics, Vehicle Maintenance

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

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In renewing its deal with IBM [IBM] for could computing services, the Army plans to enlist the company’s Watson artificial intelligence to gather and analyze data directly from combat vehicles and use the information to streamline maintenance schedules.A continuation of the Army’s Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA), the $135 million contract represents a 33-month extension of the existing LOGSA deal signed in 2012. Under that managed services agreement, the Army pays only for the cloud services it consumes, an arrangement that IBM says…

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