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Military sustainment needs digital infrastructure like Spotify, says Novineer CEO

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The military sustainment of aging hardware faces significant challenges due to a lack of accessible and usable technical data for spare parts. This issue, highlighted by a Government Accountability Office report on Army and Marine Corps vehicles, leads to decreased readiness and increased costs. Dr. Ali Tamijani of Novineer suggests that the defense sector needs an infrastructure akin to Spotify for music streaming, which would allow authorized engineers to easily find, retrieve, and utilize technical data for parts, while also ensuring proper rights management and compensation. While advances in AI are aiding in the creation of digital models from legacy documentation, the focus must remain on developing complete technical data packages rather than just geometry. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI can help create digital models for legacy military parts, potentially improving sustainment and readiness.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing a problem and proposing a solution, not announcing a new product or research.

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Military sustainment needs digital infrastructure like Spotify, says Novineer CEO

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Ali Tamijani, Forbes Councils Member ·

    Why Military Sustainment Needs Its Own Spotify Moment

    Many of the capabilities for modernizing defense sustainment exist, but they're scattered across programs and organizations rather than operating as a single system.

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