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Screenshot from an Air Force video about Kessel Run’s C2IMERA team and industry partners from Leidos and the role they played providing situational awareness during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation. (Video by Richard Blumenstein)

Leidos gets nod from Kessel Run to scale Air Force’s C2IMERA software to additional locations

C2IMERA is currently used at 70 Air Force installations and more than 100 forward operating bases across the world.

Mar 7, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

The Marine Corps established the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) pilot program to create a world-class Marine-led software development capability March 10, 2023. The future operating environment will require Marines to scope and implement software-based solutions at the edges of the battlefield without connectivity or assistance from centralized or contracted support. (Photo by Maj. Gregory Carroll)

Marine Corps software factory rolls out 4 new apps for tactical and back-office operations

The MCSWF was stood up last year as a pilot to hone and demonstrate troops’ coding skills, show that there’s a demand for the concept and that it can…

Feb 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

A software development team meets about a project in the office of Kessel Run. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

Kessel Run looking at changing its approach for all-domain common platform services

The Air Force’s Kessel Run software factory is conducting market research related to its ADCP program.

Oct 25, 2023 By Jon Harper

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 199th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron fly over the Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23. Talisman Sabre enables the U.S. and Australia to exercise our combined capabilities to conduct high-end, multi-domain warfare, to build and affirm our military-to-military ties and interoperability, and strengthen our strategic partnerships. (Courtesy Photo by LAC Chris Tsakisiris)

Air Force’s Kessel Run looks to scale multi-domain ops software suite to Pacific

The Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) is a key component to phasing out legacy air battle management software.

Aug 3, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Urich Garcia, 45th Security Forces Squadron supra coder, writes code in an application, April 25, 2022, at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samuel Becker)

Space Force looking to expand ‘Supra Coder’ workforce as it pursues reprogrammable software capabilities

The Space Force wants reprogrammable systems across all segments of its SATCOM infrastructure and more software coders, says Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt.

Mar 29, 2023 By Jon Harper

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 aviation ordnance technicians load compatible software for a U. S. Air Force Guided Bomb Unit 38 to be employed on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet proof of concept mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 14, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Christopher Parr)

Nominee for Navy acquisition chief promises to keep software factories afloat

If confirmed, Nickolas Guertin said he will continue the Navy’s mission to deploy key software capabilities to sailors and Marines.

Mar 17, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Marine Corps launches its first software factory

The Marine Corps will continue its partnership with the Army, co-locating with the service's software factory in Austin, Texas.

Mar 10, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

SDA has big plans for a new app factory to aid battle management

The Space Development Agency recently released a draft solicitation for the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Application Factory.

Nov 14, 2022 By Jon Harper

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

Officials hope software factory for Air Force cyber operations squadron could be a retention and recruiting boon

The 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron is opening up a facility in a corporate space in downtown San Antonio, moving outside the traditionally classified facilities.

Sep 19, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Army Futures Command’s Software Factory operations taking place on March 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Mr. Luke J. Allen)

DOD still lags in delivering software for weapons systems in a timely manner, says GAO

A majority of DOD weapons programs surveyed by GAO took much longer to deliver new software than the industry standard, sometimes more than a year.

Jun 8, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau