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NDAA Would Force Army To Buy Commercial Data Management Software

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

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NDAA Would Force Army To Buy Commercial Data Management Software

DCGS-A Photo: U.S. Army

A provision in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the Army to halt development of data management software if a commercial alternative would suffice to perform the mission.The conference report on the 3,000-page bill released Wednesday contains a House amendment that would require the Secretary of the Army to restructure versions of the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) after Increment 1. DCGS is the Army’s primary battlefield data management system.“The Secretary of the Army shall discontinue development…

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