Procurement Note: Anduril Lattice Contract, Indo-Pacific Command

Anduril Industries announced on Monday a $347 million contract with Indo-Pacific Command for expanded deployment of its Lattice autonomous sensor-fusion platform across an unspecified number of forward positions. The contract, which was awarded under an Other Transaction Authority and therefore did not require competitive bidding, will be executed over 18 months.

Lattice, which the company describes as an "operating system for defense," functions as a software layer that integrates sensor feeds from disparate platforms — drones, ground sensors, maritime systems — into what company materials describe as "a unified operational picture." Previous Lattice deployments have been concentrated in border security applications.

Indo-Pacific Command did not respond to requests for comment on which forward positions are expected to receive the system, or on how the word "forward" is being defined for the purposes of this contract.

— G.M.