US Army, Anduril reach deal on IBCS Maneuver programme
A screenshot showing Lattice-enabled simultaneous multidomain command-and-control of unmanned systems at the US Navy's ‘Integrated Battle Problem 24.1' exercise. (Anduril)
US Army leaders have selected Anduril Industries to provide the networking backbone for the counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) element of the service's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).
The company's Lattice Mesh networking software will be tasked with supporting “the command, control, and integration backbone for counter-uncrewed aircraft system missions”, according to a company statement in November.
As part of the IBCS Maneuver (IBCS-M) programme, Anduril's Lattice software will manage sensor data fusion, automated fire-control capabilities, and hasten the UAS kill-chain “from detection to defeat”, company officials said in the statement. Company officials did not disclose the total cost of the contract or the duration of the current deal signed in November.
The IBCS-M deal comes as Anduril is working with L3Harris Technologies to develop a prototype variant of the new Soldier Borne Mission Command-Architecture (SBMC-A) concept platform. The SBMC programme is the army's latest effort to rectify the service's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).
In September the US Army awarded a pair of multimillion-dollar contracts to Anduril and defence IT start-up Rivet to develop hardware prototypes for the SBMC programme. Anduril is teaming with Meta on the SBMC development, while Rivet will lean heavily on its relationship with Palantir for its prototype development effort.
The ongoing effort with L3Harris is focused on the software architecture element of the SBMC programme.
The prototype platform architecture for SBMC will consist of L3Harris' AN/PSQ-42 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) integrated with Anduril's Lattice Mesh networking software. Officials at L3Harris say the prototype will be ready in time for the US Army's Project Convergence Capstone exercise in boreal summer 2026.
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