Overview
- The Army announced Monday that Anduril will lead the established NGC2 common data layer baseline as the program shifts from prototyping to continuous delivery.
- Anduril will pair its Lattice system with Palantir’s Foundry and Raft’s data platform to provide an edge-to-cloud data mesh, registries, transformation tools, and data federation for battlefield data sharing.
- The award was made under an existing enterprise license with Anduril that carries a 10-year, $20 billion ceiling; no separate dollar amount was disclosed for this specific action.
- Anduril will stay as the operational implementation lead for the 4th Infantry Division full-stack build while Lockheed Martin remains lead for the 25th Infantry Division, with both divisions using upcoming exercises to validate the baseline at scale.
- The Army plans to field NGC2 across all 11 divisions in roughly five years but service leaders have urged faster pacing; the common data layer is one of four stacked components meant to link sensors, transport, integration, and applications in contested environments.