I absolutely 100% guarantee a former Army field grade/general officer was in the room when they came up with that name.

My current employer uses that terminology as well, for different major departments. It's amusing, but many corporations have been huffing their own farts for a loooong time.

It's a popular term of art in medicine as well.

For the past decade or two, the Health Service Executive in Ireland have been trying to convince the citizenry that having “centres of excellence” in large (for Ireland) cities is worth the closing down of regional hospitals and other medical services in towns throughout Ireland.