On March 23, Greystones Group announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The collaboration will focus on advancing artificial intelligence, data orchestration, and automation capabilities across ARL’s Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Toolkit in support of Army modernization priorities.
Through the CRADA, ARL and Greystones will jointly research and develop an AI-enabled data fabric that integrates heterogeneous simulation, sensor, and mission systems across live, virtual, and constructive environments. The Greystones Group Soleite platform will serve as the foundational framework, providing a unified data catalog, API orchestration layer, and event-driven pipelines to simplify system integration, while maintaining security and governance in air-gapped and contested environments. The collaboration will also explore the development of proprietary AI copilots and agentic workflows to support natural-language interaction, automation, and context-aware decision support for researchers and engineers.
“This CRADA reflects the Army’s continued commitment to implementing artificial intelligence in realistic research and experimentation environments,” said Dr. Kristin Schaefer-Lay, LVC toolkit team lead and CRADA technical point of contact at ARL. We are accelerating our ability to integrate AI-enabled data orchestration and agent technologies into the LVC Toolkit in a way that supports modularity, scalability, and future Army use cases.”
Under the agreement, ARL and Greystones Group will each contribute personnel, infrastructure, software and technical expertise. Planned activities include system integration, development of custom AI agents for multi-source tactical edge processing, and a stakeholder demonstration at the Robotics Research Collaboration Campus in Middle River, Maryland.
“Greystones is honored to partner with ARL on this important effort,” said Sheila Duffy, founder and CEO of Greystones Group. “This CRADA allows us to apply our Soleite platform and Soleite Mission Edge capabilities to a critical Army research environment, advancing AI-enabled data integration, autonomy, and decision support across live and simulated domains. We see this collaboration as a meaningful step toward transitioning innovative AI solutions from research into operational relevance.”
Source: Greystones Group
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