Shift5 integrates vehicle health data with Anduril in NGC2
Shift5 joined Anduril Industries' Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort for the U.S. Army to deliver near-real-time vehicle health data intended to give commanders visibility into readiness and sustainment.
NGC2 is the Army's initiative to modernize command and control operations by integrating commercial technologies into a unified ecosystem. Anduril led one of the NGC2 prototype efforts under a $99.6 million Other Transaction Authority agreement and partnered with Palantir, Striveworks, Govini, Rune Technologies, Instant Connect Enterprise, Research Innovations, Inc., and Microsoft.
Shift5's Operational Intelligence Platform (OIP) collected and translated vehicle health metrics from critical systems, operating agnostically across vehicle types and communication protocols, and routed that information through Anduril's Lattice Mesh to situational awareness platforms and logistics applications to provide near-real-time readiness data.
Shift5 integrated its capability into Lattice Mesh in two months and demonstrated the integration live during the Army's Ivy Sting 4 exercise earlier this month.
“NGC2 is redefining how the Army maintains decision advantage over our adversaries, at pace and at scale,” said Toby Magsig, President and Interim CEO of Shift5. “Our platform was built to provide unprecedented operational insights into our nation's warfighting systems, and we're honored to work alongside Anduril Industries, other trusted partners, and the 4th Infantry Division in developing and testing this capability for the warfighter.”
“Shift5 brings deep expertise in vehicle telemetry,” said Throughput Optimization Module (TOM) Keane, Senior Vice President at Anduril Industries. “What NGC2 does is make that data usable quickly and at the edge. At Ivy Sting 4, their vehicle health insights flowed through Anduril's Lattice Mesh and informed sustainment decisions in the field. That's exactly what we're building NGC2 to do.” The Anduril-led effort is being tested and scaled by the Army's 4th Infantry Division.