DoD CDAO awards production agreement to Anduril to deliver Edge Data Mesh

The US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) has awarded Anduril Industries a three-year production agreement to scale a ‘first of its kind’ tactical Edge Data Mesh, powered by Anduril’s Lattice Mesh. The mesh is already operational across multiple services and combatant commands and this agreement will accelerate the expansion of the mesh to increase access to decentralised, distributed and disconnected systems.

Lattice Mesh is a decentralised networking capability that distributes critical data across platforms, domains, and partners by prioritising data paths to ensure the most efficient flow of critical data. It can be used to connect sensors and effects for multiple missions, including long-range fires and integrated air defense

“The Lattice Mesh was built for the edge, connects directly with, and runs on, sensors, weapons, platforms, robots, and more across the edge to provide access to systems and data not previously accessible,” Anduril states. “Warfighters at the edge will be enabled to publish and subscribe to data in support of time sensitive operations or where large numbers of manned, unmanned and autonomous systems must collaborate in contested environments to advance the mission.”

Anduril and CDAO are able to add integrations to support command and control of autonomous systems and counter-autonomous systems. Core to this effort is Anduril’s support of Open DAGIR principles, the CDAO’s approach to scaling data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The Edge Data Mesh is open and integrates government and vendor-owned data and systems through Anduril’s Lattice software development kit and open APIs. This allows partners to connect, share, and act on data within the mesh, to include partner-developed, generative AI capabilities at the edge. The mesh’s open architecture enable services, combatant commands, as well as allies and partners to collaborate across all domains. Any service or combatant command can leverage this production agreement to extend and modernise existing systems furthering joint, all domain operations.