9月30日，美国陆军与Anduril Industries公司签订了一份为期五年、总价值高达18亿美元的合同，旨在帮助陆军将其新的战场软件从试验阶段推进到实际应用阶段。此前，Anduril公司已利用自己开发的基于人工智能的操作系统Lattice，为第4步兵师协助开发了该软件的原型版本（即“下一代指挥与控制系统”NGC2）。
The Army awarded Anduril Industries a contract on Sept. 30 worth up to $1.8 billion over five years to help the service transition its new battlefield software from the experimentation phase to the fielding phase. Anduril previously helped develop the prototype for the service’s Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, for the 4th Infantry Division, using its proprietary AI-powered operating system Lattice.
Anduril公司表示：“通过使用统一的数据架构，陆军无需为每个传感器、应用程序或武器重新构建底层系统，就能轻松集成新的技术；这样一来，新功能就能在现有系统的基础上得到快速部署。”
“A common data layer allows the Army to integrate new systems without rebuilding the underlying architecture for every sensor, application, or weapon, so new capabilities can be fielded on the same foundation as those already in use,” Anduril said.
根据合同内容，陆军将向Anduril公司支付1.628亿美元，用于继续开发NGC2的通用数据基础架构（即该软件的底层支撑系统），并计划将该系统逐步应用于负责印度-太平洋地区军事任务的I Corps部队。该合同还包含相关条款，允许合同金额在未来增加至18亿美元。
The Army awarded $162.8 million to Anduril to continue working on NGC2’s common data baseline, or software foundation, as it begins to implement it across the service’s I Corps, which commands service members across the Indo-Pacific. The contract contains options that can grow its value up to $1.8 billion.
Anduril公司与Palantir、Raft和Striveworks等公司共同参与了NGC2系统的开发工作。NGC2系统的核心优势在于：它能够实现军队内部各种技术、武器、传感器及应用程序之间的互联互通，从而提升战场上的决策效率。
Anduril, along with Palantir, Raft and Striveworks, have helped build out the baseline. The NGC2 system will allow technologies, weapons, sensors, devices and applications from across the force to operate on the same network and increase decision-making speed on the battlefield.
随着NGC2系统在I Corps部队的推广，即使这些系统分布在数千英里之外、面临网络连接中断或质量下降的问题，它们仍需找到有效的方法来接入同一网络。这将为陆军和Anduril公司提供一个机会，以验证不同系统在各种环境下的信息传输效率。
By expanding the NGC2 system to the I Corps, technologies will have to figure out ways to connect to the same network despite being separated by thousands of miles and experiencing interrupted or degraded connectivity. This will provide the Army and Anduril an opportunity to test how well information flows between the systems as they access the NGC2 framework in a myriad of environments.
2026年7月，在加利福尼亚州欧文堡举行的为期十天的“Project Convergence-Capstone 6”活动中，陆军邀请了来自美国及盟军的1万名参与者，以及多家行业合作伙伴，共同使用90种不同的技术来测试NGC2软件的性能。
During a July 2026 ten-day event at Fort Irwin, California, entitled Project Convergence-Capstone 6, the Army asked 10,000 participants from U.S. and allied forces, as well as industry partners using 90 technologies to test software for the NGC2.
随后，陆军与 Anduril 公司签订了合同，委托其为第 4 步兵师开发 NGC2 软件原型。
Afterward, the Army awarded a contract to Anduril to develop the software prototype for NGC2 for the 4th Infantry Division.
在过去的一年里，Anduril 与陆军合作进行了多次军事演习，以测试 NGC2 的数据共享与通信功能。
Over the past year, Anduril has conducted several operational exercises in collaboration with the Army to test the NGC2’s common data layer baseline.
今年 5 月，Anduril 在卡森堡（Fort Carson）和皮农峡谷（Pinon Canyon）部署了 NGC2 系统，使用了 160 多台战术终端计算机、2,500 多台设备以及 40 个应用程序，并在模拟的网络攻击和电磁干扰环境中进行了测试。
In May, Anduril deployed its NGC2 system at Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon, using over 160 tactical edge computers, over 2,500 devices and 40 applications while navigating simulated cyber and electromagnetic attacks.
两个月后，在艾尔温堡（Fort Irwin）举行的联合军事演习结束后，军方表示该战场指挥系统已具备大规模应用的准备条件。
Two months later, after a joint force exercise at Fort Irwin, the service said the battlefield command system was ready to be scaled.
NGC2 将取代陆军现有的第一代指挥控制系统，该系统目前主要用于战场上的火力控制、后勤保障及空域管理。陆军明确表示希望尽快推广 NGC2 的应用。
The NGC2 is set to replace the Army’s first-gen command-and-control system, which helps control fire, logistics and airspace on the battlefield. The Army has made it clear that it wants to implement the NGC2 as soon as possible.
“我们知道，对国家安全和国防来说，最大的风险在于行动速度过慢——行动速度不够快才是真正的威胁，”前陆军部长丹·德里斯科尔（Dan Driscoll）说道，“能够最快地发现目标、处理数据并采取行动的一方将会获胜。这种能力正是决定性优势所在。”
“We know the biggest risk to our national security and our national defense is not moving too fast. It’s not moving fast enough,” said former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. “The side that can sense a target, process the data, and deliver a kinetic effect the fastest, wins. That is the decisive advantage this capability provides.”