US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded Ditto a $17-million contract to deploy its data-sharing software across the command.
The funding moves the platform from pilot projects to broader fielding following three years of work with users across several USSOCOM components.
Ditto’s software is designed to help personnel and autonomous systems share operational data in environments with disrupted, unreliable, or limited communications.
The aim is to maintain a shared picture of operations when teams cannot depend on continuous access to central servers or cloud services.
USSOCOM awarded the contract through the US Air Force’s Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation office, with funding from the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program.
In July, the US Marine Corps selected the same Ditto platform for evaluation under Project Dynamis, a modernization initiative aimed at maintaining command and control when communications networks are disrupted.
Sharing Data Without Continuous Connection
Ditto uses a peer-to-peer architecture, allowing devices to exchange and synchronize data directly when a communications link is available.
A central server can be used but is not required.
During a disconnection, devices can continue working with locally stored data.
When links become available again, the platform automatically synchronizes updates and reconciles changes between devices, according to the company.
This approach is intended to keep information accessible close to deployed personnel, sensors, and autonomous systems while reducing dependence on a central network connection.
It can support a common operating picture, a shared view of operational information, in environments affected by jamming or other communications disruptions.