By On September 8, Maxar Intelligence announced a strategic partnership with Anduril to supply the foundational geospatial intelligence that will underpin a next-generation mixed-reality command-and-control (C2) system that Anduril Industries is developing for the U.S. Army.
The C2 system will power the Soldier-Borne Mission Command Architecture (SBMC-A) program, which will provide U.S. warfighters with a futuristic mixed-reality capability that overlays real-time battlefield intelligence directly into a soldier’s field of view. Advanced headsets will display digital information on top of their real-world view during live combat missions and training. This system requires detailed, accurate and up-to-date 3D maps to serve as the spatial foundation for intelligence flowing into the system.
SBMC-A isn’t a set of goggles—it’s a software, network, and integration layer that turns every soldier into a node in the C2 network. Legacy mission command systems built around maps and radios can’t keep up with the speed and complexity of modern battlefields. By integrating Maxar’s geospatial intelligence into Anduril’s Lattice AI-powered software, SBMC-A gives soldiers accurate, real-time awareness of terrain and threats—turning data into actionable insight that strengthens survivability and accelerates decision making in contested environments.
“This partnership positions Maxar at the heart of the Army’s most advanced combat systems,” said Susanne Hake, general manager, U.S. government, Maxar Intelligence. “As military operations become increasingly integrated and automated, Maxar’s software-enabled geospatial intelligence capabilities become vital to maintaining America’s military advantage, protecting our warfighters and delivering results on the battlefield.”
“We’re excited to partner with Maxar to bring their best-in-class geospatial intelligence to the tactical edge,” said Tom Keane, SVP of engineering at Anduril. “This collaboration demonstrates the openness of the Lattice platform and the power of the Lattice Data Mesh to fuse Maxar’s precision terrain data with other mission-critical sources in real time. Our strategy for SBMC is to bring together the best technology from across industry—and Maxar is a key part of that mission to increase warfighter effectiveness and lethality.”
Maxar will deliver this foundation through a software-enabled solution that Anduril integrates into its Lattice software, leveraging Maxar’s 3D operational terrain—a high-fidelity digital representation of the physical world. Maxar’s automated 3D production software will ensure terrain data is refreshed within hours of collecting new satellite images, keeping the 3D foundation aligned with ground truth in live combat operations and training missions.
Through this contract, Maxar and Anduril will deliver a working prototype of the 3D foundation to the U.S. Army, with a focus on 14 initial locations of interest. The partners will also advance the solution toward full operational capability. The partnership builds on Maxar’s existing support of the Army’s One World Terrain program, for which the company has been providing 3D mapping data since 2019.
Source: Maxar
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