Anduril Industries just crossed a threshold that most defense startups never reach: a direct contract with NATO. The company announced on July 7 that its Lattice software platform has been selected for the alliance’s Enhanced Air Command and Control Data Platform initiative, known as eAirC2. It was one of three solutions chosen, alongside offerings from Palantir and France-based Athea SAS.
What Lattice actually does
Think of Lattice as the connective tissue between military systems that were never designed to talk to each other. Legacy radar arrays built in the 1990s, modern drones, satellite feeds, and autonomous aircraft all generate massive amounts of data. Lattice is the software layer that ingests, synthesizes, and presents that data so commanders can make faster decisions.
“Another important step towards our goal of stitching together every platform, even the ones built decades ago,” Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey wrote on X following the announcement.
The NATO contract includes a nine-month evaluation phase, meaning Lattice still needs to prove itself in operational testing before any larger deployment. The contract was awarded through Anduril UK during the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum.
