# Army Expands E-ICAM Across 5,000 Systems

The U.S. Army is working to bring roughly 5,000 IT systems onto its Enterprise-Identity, Credential and Access Management (E-ICAM) platform and meet Zero Trust target milestones by the end of 2027. The effort spans legacy systems and identity needs across users, devices, operational technology, weapon systems, tactical networks, and AI agents. No solicitation, contract value, or procurement contact has been identified, so this is a modernization direction rather than a currently announced bid opportunity.

- The scope points to potential demand for identity and access management, legacy-system integration, and data-level security capabilities that can operate across enterprise and tactical environments.
- Contractors can assess whether their solutions support identity management for devices, weapons, and AI agents as well as conventional users, and whether they can integrate with the Army’s E-ICAM platform.
- The Army’s target milestones fall at the end of 2027; the signal does not specify a solicitation timeline or mandatory contractor deadline.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 09, 2026

### Government Entities
- United States Army (U.S. Army)
- Army CPE Command and Control Information Network (C2IN)

### Sources
- [Zero Trust gets harder when every user, device, weapon, and AI agent needs an identity - Breaking Defense](https://breakingdefense.com/2026/10/zero-trust-gets-harder-when-every-user-device-weapon-and-ai-agent-needs-an-identity) - Breaking Defense