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.
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