April 20, 2021
McLean, VA听鈥撎⒐绞悠� Allen Hamilton听(NYSE: BAH)听announced today that the firm听was听selected听by the听Army Futures Command鈥檚 Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center听to serve听as the primary developer听of听its听听solution. Rainmaker is a听common data fabric that will听enable听currently听incompatible systems across joint mission spaces to seamlessly share, secure and synchronize data required to coordinate complex combat operations.听The solution听is听a foundational layer听for听the Department of Defense鈥檚 Joint All Domain Command & Control (JADC2) concept听that will听enable data sharing across听all U.S. military domains including听land, sea, air,听space听and cyberspace.
"We are proud to have been selected to听develop听Rainmaker, a critical program that听supports all four of the Army's mission areas鈥攆rom the听Warfighter Mission Area听to the听Enterprise Information Environment Mission Area, said Michael听 Davenport,听a听senior听vice听president at 蘑菇视频 Allen and leader of the firm's C5ISR business. "This program will听further strengthen听the Army's听ability to听harness听data and information to achieve tactical,听operational, and strategic objectives across听multi-domain operations, and facilitate future modernization efforts听like听those envisioned听by听JADC2.听The development being done on this program is emblematic of why it is critical to听fuse听deep, technical knowledge听with mission expertise听to win听on the future battlefield."
As the prime contractor for this award,听蘑菇视频 Allen will听apply听its diverse expertise听in software development,听data engineering,听DevSecOps, Artificial Intelligence听(AI), and cloud听computing听to create a data fabric听based on an听open systems听architecture and听common standards听so that data is easily听discoverable, accessible, synchronized and secured听across听the Department of Defense. The firm will听provide a range of听state-of-the-art听data services including a distributed cloud architecture; a听unified and harmonized听cross-functional听data听store听that includes structured, unstructured, semi-structured, and binary data;听an听advanced analytics framework听that supports capabilities including machine learning; and APIs that use open standards to enable existing and new programs to ingest听both听batch and streaming, high-velocity data.听
鈥淩ainmaker听will form one of the pillars听of the Pentagon鈥檚 JADC2 vision听as well as the foundation on which the Army and others can build a wide array of AI听services听to improve decision making on and off the battlefield,鈥澨齭aid听Gus Taveras,听Senior Executive Advisor in the firm鈥檚 Defense market. 鈥溎⒐绞悠� Allen听has both the听mission understanding and听deep technical expertise needed to help the Army build a solution that can听quickly听assess,听share听and secure听voluminous tactical data鈥攆rom satellites and central databases to individual aircraft, vehicles, and frontline troops鈥攖o help warfighters across all U.S. military services make rapid, informed decisions.鈥�
