Army issues just under $100M in application awards for NGC2 to 9 companies

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, confirm targeting data during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)

WASHIGTON — The Army announced today it awarded nine companies contracts collectively totaling around $93.6 million to supply applications in support of the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort — the latest move in the service’s effort to field the technology as it scales to the corps level.

The companies include General Dynamics Mission Systems, Air Space Intelligence Federal, Immersive Wisdom, LMI Consulting, Mente Systems, Stilman Advanced Strategies, Onebrief, Rune Technologies, and AIR (formerly Govini) with contracts for an initial one-year period.

The applications will enable critical software capabilities that will be delivered to I Corps in the Pacific, which is the first fielding organization for NGC2, and will perform functions across six warfighting areas: C2, Fires, Intelligence, Movement/Maneuver, Sustainment, and Protection.

An Army spokesperson declined to provide details about the specific tasks the applications will perform, due to security concerns, but told Breaking Defense that generally, the apps will allow soldiers and commanders conduct faster and more integrated planning, synchronization, operational modeling and course of action analysis; airspace management and deconfliction, as well as sustainment management and decision support.

Joseph Welch, portfolio acquisition executive Command and Control (C2)/Counter C2, said in the release, “Providing core software applications is a critical next step. It provides a foundation that can be rapidly scaled and trained with continuity across the force.”

Today’s announcement comes after Anduril revealed a new pricetag for early NGC2 work. In June, the Army announced Anduril would lead the common data layer baseline with support from Palantir and Raft. At the time, a value for the award was not given, as it was awarded under an enterprise licensing agreement that the Army entered into with Anduril with a 10-year, $20 billion ceiling . But Monday, the company announced an “initial base period valued at $162.8 million, with options that could bring its total value to $1.8 billion over five years.”

Then in August, Striveworks was selected to lead the artificial intelligence layer. Similar to the data layer award, contract values were not disclosed at the time it was awarded. Today, however, a spokesperson from Striveworks told Breaking Defense the company will soon announce a new $200 million award on top of $70 million it received previously. Striveworks will also provide its Chariot suite of software platforms which, in part, ensure AI models continue working in changing environments, allowing soldiers to turn vast amounts of information into actionable decisions in minutes.

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The Army has maintained that through its commercial solutions opening, it will continue to onboard relevant technologies as needed for the NGC2 architecture.

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2026年5月4日，在菲律宾老沃市拉巴斯沙丘举行的“肩并肩2026”联合军演中，隶属于美国陆军第25步兵师炮兵第2-11远程火力营的美军士兵正在确认目标数据，这是反登陆实弹演习的一部分。“肩并肩”是菲律宾武装部队和美国军方之间一项历史悠久的年度联合军演。（美国陆军中士杜克·爱德华兹摄）

华盛顿——美国陆军今天宣布，已授予九家公司总额约 9360 万美元的合同，用于提供支持下一代指挥与控制 (NGC2) 项目的应用程序——这是该军种为将该技术推广到军级而采取的最新举措。

这些公司包括通用动力任务系统公司、联邦空天情报公司、沉浸式智慧公司、LMI咨询公司、Mente系统公司、Stilman先进战略公司、Onebrief公司、Rune Technologies公司和AIR（前身为Govini公司），合同初始期限为一年。

这些应用将赋予驻扎在太平洋的第一军关键软件功能，该军是 NGC2 的第一个部署单位，并将在六个作战领域执行功能：指挥控制、火力、情报、机动/机动、保障和防护。

出于安全考虑，陆军发言人拒绝透露这些应用程序将执行的具体任务的细节，但他告诉《防务新闻》，总的来说，这些应用程序将使士兵和指挥官能够进行更快、更综合的计划、同步、作战建模和行动方案分析；空域管理和冲突消解，以及保障管理和决策支持。

负责指挥控制（C2）/反指挥控制（Counter C2）项目采购的约瑟夫·韦尔奇在新闻稿中表示：“提供核心软件应用是至关重要的下一步。它提供了一个基础，可以快速扩展，并在整个部队范围内进行持续培训。”

在Anduril公布NGC2早期项目的新报价后，今天又发布了这一公告。今年6月，美国陆军宣布Anduril将牵头构建通用数据层基线，Palantir和Raft将提供支持。当时，由于该项目是根据陆军与Anduril签订的一项企业许可协议授予的，且协议期限为10年，总金额上限为200亿美元，因此并未公布具体金额。但周一，该公司宣布“初始基本合同价值1.628亿美元，并附带选项，五年内总价值可达18亿美元”。

随后在8月份，Striveworks被选中负责人工智能层项目。与数据层项目的合同授予情况类似，合同金额当时并未公开。然而，Striveworks的一位发言人今天告诉Breaking Defense，该公司即将宣布一项新的2亿美元合同，此前已获得7000万美元的合同。Striveworks还将提供其Chariot软件平台套件，该套件的部分功能是确保人工智能模型在不断变化的环境中持续运行，使士兵能够在几分钟内将海量信息转化为可执行的决策。

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