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VMware Tanzu to empower soldiers to use modern cloud technologies and DevSecOps practices , as well as solve problems through agile and more secure software development processes .

Army Futures Command and VMware will cultivate the first soldier-led ‘ Silicon Valley software company ’ inside the Army . The new initiative will equip soldiers to take up cloud native development practices and help produce software to address current and future mission priorities .

Through the Army Software Factory , the US Army will tap into the deep pool of talent across its workforce and upskill techminded soldiers and civilians . Cohorts of Army soldiers and government civilians will go through a comprehensive program that will begin in the classroom and span critical disciplines including software engineering , design and product management , and platform operations .

Soldiers will be paired with a VMware Tanzu Labs expert for deep on-the-job enablement to learn to build , develop , field and operate software in the same way as the best Silicon Valley companies . For each of the next five years , 30 hand-selected soldiers and civilians from the Army will enter the program every six months .

Working with VMware Tanzu Labs , US Army soldiers will learn how to build portable cloud-native apps , rapidly deliver them to production and run them in any environment . The Army Software Factory will train and enable soldiers to produce modern software organically . It will prepare soldiers with the DevSecOps practices and software development skills they need for future digital battlefields .

“ The capability to develop software at the lowest tactical levels will help us provide better software products . We anticipate long-term cost savings and expect the Software Factory to help us maintain a competitive advantage across Army modernization efforts ,” said Gen . John M . Murray , Commanding General , US Army Futures Command .

The VMware Tanzu portfolio of products and services has a proven track record of enabling organizations worldwide transform how they build and deliver apps . By leaning into VMware Tanzu , the US Army will bring to bear an accredited Kubernetes-based DevSecOps platform , modern developer tooling and open-source projects . This streamlined path to production will foster rapid software development and delivery , improving software fielding timelines for the US Army .

“ Successful organizations build apps to deliver specific outcomes ,” said Ajay Patel , VMware ’ s General Manager , Modern Applications Business Unit . “ The Army has that focus , and we ’ re honored to work with them to enable soldiers to write software that serves mission priorities . It will bring the best of VMware Tanzu products and principles to the Army and help them build capabilities that will have a lasting impact .”

The Army Software Factory is the next evolution of the VMware-enabled Government Software Factory concept . It builds on 30 years of strategic commercial partnerships with Silicon Valley companies like Square , Twitter and Google , and Fortune 500 enterprises like Boeing , JP Morgan and Home Depot . The US Army Software Factory ’ s Tanzu Platform is in production today , hosting its first accredited apps and products built by the Army Software Factory and VMware Tanzu Labs . p

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