The U.S. Army and Anduril struck an $87 million deal to link counter-drone systems so troops can better spot, track, and destroy enemy drones. The Army-led Joint Interagency Task Force 401 selected Anduril's Lattice software for its new command and control system.

Anduril's Lattice platform will allow personnel from the military and federal agencies to share data, view each other's data, gain a clearer picture of threats, and better coordinate responses to drone attacks, according to a press statement. The command and control system with Lattice will involve numerous sensors for detecting drones and interceptors for stopping them.

Park Hughes, Anduril's managing director for air defense, described the effort as "enabling distributed detection, tracking, classification, and ultimately engagement of UAS threats." In the same context, Hughes said, "By establishing both the common C2 software platform and the common process for the government to procure, deploy, and sustain ever-improving counter-UAS software at scale, the JIATF is very much accelerating the nation's response to the UAS threat."

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 was established in August 2025 to rapidly deploy counter-drone systems and common operating procedures across the military and government agencies. JIATF-401 has been working with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to develop rules for countering drones.

Lattice is part of the Army's Next Generation Command and Control system, which the service has been testing since 2025. The Army and other services are using a Silicon Valley–style "move fast, fail fast, fix fast" approach to field new systems quickly. The Army and other military services are shifting their approach to reduce bureaucratic hurdles in the testing, funding, and procurement of weapons.

The shift includes buying commercially available systems, such as software, drones, and counter-drone technology, from vendors like Anduril. The changing approach is designed to cut costs, speed up the acquisition process, and rapidly procure the weapons that troops need sooner rather than later.

Gabe Chiulli, chief technology officer for the Department of Defense's Office of the Chief Information Officer, said, "The modern battlefield is increasingly defined by software. To maintain our advantage, we must be able to acquire and deploy software capabilities with speed and efficiency."

The $87 million agreement is under a larger contract worth up to $20 billion over the next decade that allows any federal agency to purchase Anduril's off-the-shelf systems, according to Anduril Chief Business Officer Matthew Steckman. Steckman said, "The contract was more complex because Anduril offers a wide variety of products, from software to drones and wearable artificial intelligence goggles, that the government can buy." The Army has 120 existing contracts with Anduril.