“What’s really different is the scope and scale,” Lt. Gen. Matt McFarlane said.

The contract marks the latest signal for the Army’s expansion of NGC2, an ecosystem of interconnected hardware and software underpinned by Anduril’s Lattice software platform.

The fielding comes after two Army divisions experimented with NGC2 for more than a year and nearly two months after the service tested the architecture at a…

Project Convergence Capstone 6 produced lessons that soldiers measured in capability, reliability, weight and the oppressive desert conditions that pervaded all of it.

Next Generation Command and Control is a top priority for the service.

Now, as the Army looks to scale NGC2 across the force, it has settled on Anduril to help shepherd data, applications, AI models and other military systems…

Rainey will retire next week as Army Futures Command merges with Training and Doctrine Command on Oct. 1. 

4th Infantry Division will be using the serialized Ivy Sting exercises to incrementally add capabilities to the NGC2 prototype ahead of Project Convergence 6.

The Army received over 80 white papers for a competitive commercial services offering for its Next Generation Command and Control effort.

This moves DOD closer to real-time data flow between the tactical edge and operational and strategic decision-makers, officials said.