The United States Army has selected Anduril Industries for the Integrated Battle Command System Maneuver (IBCS-M) programme, detailing Lattice as the Army’s next-generation fire control platform for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) missions.
IBCS-M provides the command, control, and integration backbone for an array of C-UAS systems, enabling a single operator to manage multiple threats simultaneously. It fuses sensor data, automates fire control and integrates new capabilities with the aim of reducing operator load and minimising the time from detection to defeat.
Anduril recently demonstrated Lattice at Yuma Proving Grounds. During the seven-day trial, Lattice integrated a previously undisclosed sensor and effector within hours, executed live-fire intercepts that achieved four out of four kills, and demonstrated autonomy-enhanced fire control, distributed tracking and kill-chain optimisation features.
Alex Miller, CTO of the US Army said C-UAS has to be software-centric and adaptable above all else. “We can’t wait a year for a new sensor or effector to be integrated and we can’t tell our deployed soldiers that we have to wait for an FSR to solve the problem. It has to support a platoon leader on the move with many small sensors across many vehicles as much as it has to support a forward operating base or garrison commander using a mix of existing and emerging systems.”
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