Army enterprise-IT-as-a-service tests are underway

The Army has spelled out a few more details on its enterprise-IT-as-a-service plan. The service is about 90 days into its test run, Army Cyber Command head Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty said during the March 12 AFCEA Army Signal Conference in Springfield, Va. The Army is seeking to largely mimic the Air Force's approach to as-a-service.

Starting this year, Fogarty said, the Army will lean on industry for transport, end user devices, cloud services and others to facilitate network modernization. Army Futures Command is the first pilot for as-a-service but others are possible; a contract is expected to go out mid-summer.