Shift5 Integrates Operational Intelligence with Army’s Next-Gen Command and Control Network

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Shift5 has emerged as a core technology partner in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort, integrating its operational intelligence platform with Anduril’s Lattice Mesh network to stream near real-time vehicle health data. By working across multiple vehicle types and communication protocols, Shift5’s system captures and normalizes telemetry from critical onboard systems, then routes this data through Lattice Mesh to command-and-control and logistics applications, giving commanders immediate visibility into fleet readiness and sustainment needs.

President and Interim CEO Toby Magsig said the collaboration positions Shift5 at the center of how the Army aims to maintain decision advantage through data-driven operations, underscoring the company’s role in delivering actionable insights from warfighting platforms. Shift5 completed the integration within roughly two months, enabling a live demonstration at the Army’s Ivy Sting 4 exercise, where its health metrics supported real-time sustainment decisions in the field and validated the platform’s ability to operate at the tactical edge.

Anduril executives highlighted Shift5’s deep expertise in vehicle telemetry as a critical input to NGC2’s broader goal of making battlefield data rapidly usable and accessible. The NGC2 initiative, led in part by an Anduril team operating under a $99.6 million Other Transaction Authority prototype agreement, is designed to knit together commercial technologies into a unified command-and-control ecosystem, with the 4th Infantry Division conducting iterative experimentation and scaling.

For Shift5, the partnership strengthens its embedded position within the Army’s modernization roadmap and demonstrates the scalability of its operational technology analytics beyond cybersecurity into maintenance and operational readiness. The company, founded by former Army cyber leaders, is leveraging this work to solidify its value proposition to defense and transportation customers seeking to improve fleet availability, anticipate failures, and enhance resilience of current and next-generation assets, potentially opening the door to expanded deployments and follow-on contracts if NGC2 prototypes transition to programs of record.