Futuresinfocus

Imagine the idea of the soldier software coder? It might sound odd now, but the combination of world events, technology, and future needs on the battlefield makes this an inevitability. The ability to learn, and adjust in the moment of combat with the capacity to bring all forces to bear, where and when they are needed could be the future of defense. This is the software-centric world, on the edge and in real-time, possibly through the cloud. The ability to bring all forces to bear together on the earth, in the sea, and through the sky in a joint command sits at the heart of this idea that the US DOD hopes to make a reality by 2030. This in many ways might be the best representation of the power of software to change the world around us in the most complex and volatile of situations.