- Anduril received an Army contract worth up to $1.8 billion over five years for NGC2 field rollout
- The base period is valued at $162.8 million
- I Corps is the first unit slated to receive the expanded NGC2 data layer
The Army has awarded Anduril Industries a five-year contract worth up to $1.8 billion to field the Next-Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, common data layer across operational units, starting with I Corps.
The award carries a $162.8 million base period, with options making up the remaining value, Anduril said. The company said the contract shifts NGC2 from division-level prototyping to operational deployment.
What Will NGC2 Provide I Corps?
I Corps, known as America’s First Corps, oversees four Army divisions in the Pacific region, where deployments may sit thousands of miles apart and must coordinate with joint and allied forces amid disrupted communications. Anduril said NGC2 must link the separated units and keep operations running when segments of the wider network go down.
Anduril’s Lattice platform supplies the distributed data layer within NGC2, tying together applications, artificial intelligence models, sensors and vehicles. The company said the open design lets the Army select technology from multiple vendors and add sensors, applications or weapons without rebuilding the foundation.
How Did Anduril Prove NGC2 at Division Scale?
In July 2025, the Army awarded Anduril’s team a $99.6 million other transaction authority agreement to prototype NGC2 for the 4th Infantry Division. Company engineers then worked with soldiers through the Ivy Sting exercise series, revising software after each field event.
At Ivy Mass, over 2,500 end-user devices ran on the shared architecture, and NGC2 reduced the time required for artillery fires by 90 percent versus legacy systems, according to Anduril. Further testing showed Army, Marine Corps and Navy systems exchanging data, and the architecture kept working under degraded communications.
In June 2026, the Army set a common data baseline for NGC2 and tapped Anduril to lead the effort. The service then validated NGC2 against an opposing force during Project Convergence-Capstone 6 in July.
What Is Next for the Army’s NGC2 Rollout?
The Army plans to field NGC2 to all 11 divisions within the five-year Future Years Defense Program, at a pace of two to three divisions annually.
The I Corps award adds to Anduril’s other Army work that includes a potential $20 billion enterprise contract for its commercial IT platforms and a $65 million TITAN production order covering hardware and shelter integration.
