U.S Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, use the Lattice system during Ivy Sting 5 on Fort Carson, Colorado, March 11, 2026. The capability supported Ivy Sting 5 by feeding persistent aerial surveillance into next generation command and control systems, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making abilities across the battlefield. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. James Robinson)
WASHINGTON — The Army today announced Anduril will lead its common data layer baseline for its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort, marking the first major contract award as the service moves beyond the prototype.
Anduril, with Palantir, will provide an edge-to-cloud data mesh via Anduril’s Lattice and Palantir’s Foundry, along with associated software deployment tools, the Army said. Anduril will also partner with tech and AI firm Raft for NGC2 data and services registries, data transformation tools, and data federation via the Raft Data Platform.
“This is a major step forward as NGC2 evolves into a phase of continuous delivery and we provide this capability at the speed of relevance,” Brig. Gen. Shane Taylor, the capability program executive for Command and Control Information Network, said. “We continue to encourage industry self-teaming and collaboration to adjust capabilities to commander priorities, operational needs and emerging technologies.”
