Army's effort to 'jailbreak' systems already helping troops overseas

Less than a month after the announcement of the Army’s “Right to Integrate” Hackathon Sprint, soldiers down range are already benefiting from more integrated systems.

The initiative, also known as Project Jailbreak, which Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is overseeing alongside several defense contractors, is designed to fully integrate systems and weapons manufactured by different defense companies that had previously been siloed and were unable to fully share data or communicate seamlessly. Historically, systems would often not be able to integrate with those made by different companies.