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[jupp0r]

Using open protocols and open source solutions: great idea.

Letting some random company operate your army's IT infrastructure: what could possibly go wrong?

[Xylakant → jupp0r]

Random is pretty load bearing here. The BWI GmbH was literally created to operate the armies non-military IT infrastructure.

[jupp0r → Xylakant]

They also operate military infrastructure, ie operation planning software and battle management systems [1, from the German Wikipedia article].

[1] https://esut.de/2020/05/meldungen/cyber-it/20897/digitales-g...

[comte7092 → jupp0r]

The infrastructure is managed by Germanys public administration.

The French utilize matrix for military operations as well. This isn’t “some random company”.

[oaiey → jupp0r]

The article is pretty explicit in that BWI are not running but packaging a reference software.

And aside how do you think that anywhere in the world software for the army is created. It is called military industrial complex for a reason.