Booz Allen and Anduril integrate C2, cyber, and zero trust on Menace and Lattice

Booz Allen Hamilton said it has integrated its mission software and cyber capabilities into Anduril’s Menace compute and communications systems and connected those capabilities with Anduril’s Lattice software, positioning the combined stack as a more unified option for tactical operations.

The companies said the goal is to help operators at the tactical edge run “unified mission software, cyber and RF effects, and secure communications on a single deployable system.” They also argued that these functions historically required separate technology stacks and separate accreditation paths, which can slow deployment and complicate security review when forces move into forward areas.

Booz Allen’s Sit(x) is one of the integrations. Sit(x) is a situational awareness coordination layer designed to connect mission partners, the release says, tying Lattice users to Tactical Assault Kit-based and other partner systems so coalition teams can share situational awareness without requiring a common architecture or new end-user training.

The announcement also places Booz Allen’s Dynamic Effects Tasking System, or DETS, inside the same environment. DETS is described as enabling operators to task and execute cyber and radio-frequency (RF) effects within the same system used for command-and-control workflows, reducing the need to move between separate tools during target identification, tasking, and execution.

For security, Booz Allen said its zero trust solutions now run on Menace, providing policy enforcement, logging, and security controls across applications on the system. In plain terms, the zero trust approach is meant to shift away from trusting users or devices based on network location, toward enforcing access decisions through continuously applied policy and verification.

Booz Allen and Anduril said all three integrations are live and will be demonstrated at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, May 18 to May 21, with Booz Allen listing the Menace and Lattice partnership as part of its showcase.

The companies framed the integration as an extension of a multi-year collaboration. Booz Allen said it and Anduril have worked together for six years, including the fielding of Booz Allen’s EdgeXtend, built on Anduril’s Voyager edge hardware systems. EdgeXtend is described by Booz Allen as a software-defined edge solution that extends cloud services to austere environments, combining modular and scalable networking, storage, and computing with zero-trust security and cloud-native services.

Industry observers have increasingly treated “tactical edge” compute as the new bottleneck. Operators are demanding faster ways to integrate sensors, C2 workflows, cyber operations, and secure communications without stitching together numerous disconnected systems. In that context, Anduril’s Menace and Lattice are marketed as a connected architecture intended to support persistent awareness and security at the edge, with Menace-I described by Anduril as running on Lattice and using Voyager as the rugged edge compute platform and Lattice Mesh for secure networking fabric.

Even with the technical descriptions provided, several details remain unclear. The release did not name any specific military customer or program, did not provide contract value or scope, and did not lay out what “accredited security posture” and accreditation timelines will look like in procurement and fielding. It also does not specify performance metrics such as throughput, latency, or how often the system can refresh policy enforcement under contested conditions.

What to watch next is whether the Menace plus Lattice integration becomes part of follow-on evaluations, demonstrations, or procurement milestones after SOF Week. For Booz Allen, the commercial question is whether its software-defined edge and security expertise can be absorbed into a broader partner ecosystem faster than programs that require separate stacks, accreditation efforts, and tool-to-tool transitions.