Lockheed Martin has landed a US Army deal to prototype the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) system as part of a push to use data-driven tools to speed up battlefield decision-making.
The $26-million Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) runs 16 months or less and puts Lockheed’s Rotary and Mission Systems unit in the lead.
The team will work alongside army officials, small businesses, non-traditional innovators, and commercial tech firms, including Raft and Hypergiant, an Accelint company.
Lockheed’s role is to apply its systems engineering and program management expertise to scale partner capabilities into NGC2, with a focus on building out the integrated data layer.
Data-Driven Transformation
NGC2 is part of a US Army initiative to overhaul mission command with a single, integrated operating picture of the battlefield.
By layering data, commanders could get continuous visibility, enabling them to act faster and more decisively in unpredictable environments.
The system is being designed with open interfaces and a modular architecture to simplify third-party integration and accelerate innovation.
“The NGC2 effort is a central component of the army’s transformation, and we are so proud to be playing a key role in its development,” said Chandra Marshall, vice president at Lockheed Martin.
“We are committed to partnering with the US Army to implement this complex system-of-systems solution to meet warfighter needs, advancing mission-critical capabilities.”
Dual-Track Prototyping
Lockheed’s selection comes shortly after a $100-million OTA award to an Anduril-led team to develop an NGC2 prototype architecture for the 4th Infantry Division.
That effort spans the full technology stack, from data and infrastructure to applications and transport, with partners including Palantir and Microsoft.
By splitting work between Lockheed and Anduril — one tackling the data later, the other the full stack — the army hopes to de-risk the program, move faster, and keep options open with vendors.
Officials said additional proposals are still being accepted under the commercial solutions offering.
