"This transformational architecture is called “Compile to Combat in 24 Hours,” and was recently piloted this spring aboard several Navy units. The concept is based on web services, or micro-services, similar to those you would see on your smart phone, and use of a new cloud architecture Navy is developing and testing, and fielding this capability quickly and securely. It involves decomposing legacy/monolithic applications into agile micro services, developed in the cloud and synchronized with the tactical cloud shipboard. The cloud environments are designed for machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities and will “package and prioritize” data exchanged between the ship and shore clouds to get commanders the information they need for improved decision making and lethality."<p>... that poor, confused PR author.
Why convolute the data format and software architecture? The 18 month to 24 hour is gross.<p>That is a lot of words for little real information. I can’t figure out the target audience.<p>My favorite line was “XML is a leading open standard for describing and tagging data in industry” which could be rewritten to “For more than 20 years...”
I would love to hear feedback from the officers whose daily operational experience is effected by these improvements. I wonder what kind of beta testing they do, and if they continuously refine the architecture and design choices after receiving rounds of feedback from active combat experiences?
Join the military to work on leading edge technology like XML and SAML? Why do people think the military has advanced technology? Aside for aerospace stuff, it seems like they're hugely behind the commercial world.
I can't help but think of the beginning of Battlestar Galactica <a href="https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/Cylon_computer_virus" rel="nofollow">https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/Cylon_computer_virus</a>