War? Yeah, there's an app for that.

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <ross () stapleton-gray com>
> Date: March 4, 2010 11:11:05 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, Tim O'Reilly <tim () oreilly com>
> Subject: War?  Yeah, there's an app for that.

> New DARPA program, "Transformative Apps"...
>
> https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-BAA-10-41/listing.html
>
> "Synopsis:
> Added: Mar 03, 2010 4:48 pm
> The goal of the Transformative Apps program is to place the right  
> mobile software applications ("apps") into the hands of warfighters  
> as the apps are needed. As a result of this program, a diverse array  
> of apps of national security relevance will be realized using an  
> innovative new development and acquisition process. A military apps  
> marketplace will be created to enable rapid innovation to meet user  
> needs based on a direct collaboration between a vibrant and highly  
> competitive development community and involved communities of end- 
> users. The program will address all the challenges - technical,  
> business, and operational - faced to make the new capabilities  
> available for use in the field. The end objective is to transition  
> the resulting systems to the end users in the Services, and to  
> foster a new model for rapidly and effectively acquiring,  
> introducing, maintaining, and enhancing software.
>
> DARPA seeks proposals for new and innovative technologies in the  
> following Areas of Interest..."
>
>
>
>
> ----
> Ross Stapleton-Gray, Ph.D.
> Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc.
> http://www.stapleton-gray.com



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