# Army Software Factory **Entity class:** United States Army software-development and training organization **Location:** Austin, Texas **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **Army Software Factory** trains soldiers and Army civilians in product management, software engineering, platform engineering, and design while building software for Army users. It is located at Austin Community College's Rio Grande Campus. ## Relationships - **Army modernization context:** [[wiki/Army Futures Command|Army Futures Command]]. - **Austin ecosystem:** [[wiki/Capital Factory|Capital Factory]] and [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]]. - **infrastructure domain:** [[wiki/Cybersecurity|Cybersecurity]] and software delivery. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Army — Army Software Factory](https://armyfuturescommand.com/software-factory/) ## Austin defense-technology role Army unit trains soldiers to develop production software for the force. Its Austin Community College location connects troop experience with a regional software-building environment. Innovation offices connect commercial builders with military requirements and suitable acquisition mechanisms. Soldier software development contributes an additional route for operational experience to become a product. T2COM brings force design, development, generation, training, and doctrine into a combined command structure. These institutions perform different functions within a common regional capability environment. ### Regional relationships - **output:** [[wiki/Soldier-Written Production Software|Soldier-Written Production Software]]. - **site:** [[wiki/Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus|Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ### Austin sources - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Second Placement: The Pentagon Moves Its Front Door|Austin defense-tech article — The Second Placement: The Pentagon Moves Its Front Door]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [FedScoop, The Army's Software Factory in Austin](https://fedscoop.com/army-software-factory-austin/) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Software Layer|Software Layer]], [[wiki/Army Futures Command|Army Futures Command]], [[wiki/Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus|Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus]], [[wiki/Soldier-Written Production Software|Soldier-Written Production Software]], [[wiki/Mark Milley|Mark Milley]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.