U.S. Army App Store To Be Deployed In August

Now The Army Wants An App Store -- Techland/Time

No doubt Steve Jobs expected a lot of things when he launched the first iPod back in 2001, but the Army setting up its own App Store was probably not one of them.

Yes, the Army. An App Store. Because soldiers need apps too.

It's called Army Marketplace, and the idea is that it serves two purposes: distributing software around a huge organization, and serving providing a discussion forum where soldiers can describe the kind of software they need, and coders can quickly respond.

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First Look: Inside the Army’s App Store for War -- The Danger Room
US Army plans app store for troops -- The Telegraph
Army Hoping to Deploy Mobile App Store in August -- PC Mag
U.S. Army to launch custom app store for the Military -- Android Community
U.S. Army Looks To Android For Mobile Apps -- Hot Hardware
Army readies apps for Android combat devices -- Network World