Missile defense in the Western Pacific provides strategic value defined by early deterrence, and regional deterrence, enabling joint U.S. operations and providing support to allies in the Indo-Pacific. As threats of regional conflict intensify, our capacity to deter conflict depends on our readiness and ability to protect the U.S. territory from growing missile threats. While Island chains are protected by persistent defense assets that are ready on a 24/7 basis, effective defense requires the fastest possible responses to the threat of a complex, layered attack. This requires a command-and-control capability that stitches together all defensive assets at a speed only software can deliver.
To address this need, Anduril has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop a Battle Manager prototype, an integrated command-and-control platform designed to defend against a variety of air and missile threats.
Through Anduril’s Lattice software platform, the Army will be able to integrate information from existing joint missile defense systems, turning large volumes of data into a single, coherent operating picture for comprehensive battle management. The modular, open systems architecture fuses data across disconnected sensors and effectors into a joint track picture. In the Western Pacific, Lattice will integrate data from systems across multiple domains under one platform.
As warfare becomes increasingly data-driven and multi-domain, the number of systems our armed forces rely on will grow exponentially. This is an especially important dynamic in the defense of the Western Pacific — its extant missile defense systems are composed of a layered mix of systems from across multiple services and domains. This forces a swivel chair approach: command centers and human operators must manually bridge multiple systems to gather information, make decisions, and execute actions. By contract, Anduril’s Lattice software adds a decisive speed advantage by integrating the volume of data produced from these distributed systems into a single networking layer, from sensor to shooter.
Lattice dynamically tasks sensors so commanders can understand when, where, and how to engage systems against inbound missile threats. This real-time autonomous optimization creates a forward-looking task schedule based on the capacity of each system to carry out a particular action, continuously updating plans as the threat picture evolves. Modeling and simulation technologies further enhance this capability by providing mission-realistic models that help test validate, and optimize the system in a high-fidelity environment. Together, these capabilities power a centralized, software-based battle manager for the most complex kills chains.
Lattice is a proven command-and-control solution across services and domains, delivering an information advantage for the most complex mission sets from C-UAS fire control to real-time battlespace awareness at the edge. Strengthening the Western Pacific’s missile defenses is no different, and failing to fortify our deterrence capabilities leaves our freedom and capacity to operate in the region under threat. Anduril’s centralized battle management solution in the Western Pacific equips our joint forces with the technology needed for effective deterrence and defense in an increasingly dynamic threat environment.