The service announced contract awards worth $93.6 million across nine companies building applications for its Next Generation Command and Control software.
The Army's Operation Jailbreak initiative asked defense companies to hack into each other's autonomous systems and machines, enabling them to communicate.
At Fort Bragg in August, Army soldiers tested how unmanned systems could help troops breach obstacles while reducing their exposure to battlefield hazards.
The interceptor family was built to address threats across the air-and-missile defense spectrum, while aiming to come at a fraction of the cost of others.
“If we were to go forward with exploring any kind of production in Germany, we would likely do that with a company like Diehl,” a Lockheed executive said.
American Rheinmetall announced the delivery of its Lynx XM30 prototype to the Army in September. A month later, soldiers are getting their hands on it.
