John Baylouny became CEO of Leonardo DRS in January 2026. (Leonardo DRS)
WASHINGTON — Leonardo DRS is purchasing software company Raft in an all-cash transaction valued at $450 million, the company announced this week.
“Our customers increasingly require integrated hardware, software, data and autonomy to support mission outcomes. The acquisition of Raft will build on and accelerate the organic investment that DRS has made in that evolution,” John Baylouny, president and chief executive officer of Leonardo DRS, said in a press release Tuesday. “Raft adds proven software talent and open-architecture technology that complement our existing sensing and computing capabilities and strengthen our ability to deliver AI-enabled mission solutions at the speed our customers demand.”
Raft, founded in 2018, specializes in open architecture mission software, fusing various data streams to support multidomain operations and faster decision making for commanders, according to the company.
As Breaking Defense previously reported, the company has been heavily involved in the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control prototype effort in the Pacific with 25th Infantry Division and will play a major role as part of the Army’s common data baseline, awarded to Anduril in June.
