IBM's machine-learning system called Watson is helping the U.S. Army's Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) in Alabama learn which of its Stryker combat vehicles is heading for a parts breakdown and when. That predictive power is part of the reason IBM has won a re-competition of a contract to support LOGSA at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal. The $135 million LOGSA contract is one of two IBM has now with the Army in Huntsville, and IBM says it has saved the Army about $1 million a month since the LOGSA work ramped up. The other contract, also at Redstone Arsenal, is for the Army's private cloud. "LOGSA and the Army can now take advantage of the technological innovation that cloud offers – especially cognitive computing and analytics – so that the Army can continue to reap cost savings, further streamline its operations and deliver services to its clients," Lisa Mascolo of IBM said in a statement.