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Army Issues New Policy For Improving Software Development Practices

Army Issues New Policy For Improving Software Development Practices
The 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (Enhanced) and 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion conducted a combined Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) communications exercise on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, September 29, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Eric Messmer)

The Army has detailed a new policy for improving software development practices, aiming to more rapidly upgrade and develop software capabilities it’s acknowledged as “the essential driver” across its capabilities and platforms.  The new policy, which has gone into effect immediately, will adjust how the service writes requirements for software capabilities and details the service’s embrace of more flexible acquisition approaches for software development efforts.  “We’re learning from current conflicts — including in Ukraine — that the Army’s success on…

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