Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook are collaborating on a new U.S. Army-funded project aimed at improving how military command-and-control systems share and interpret data across platforms.
The Army has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to HERE, an enterprise browser technology company, to develop advanced data interoperability solutions for Army Command-and-Control (C2) and mission command systems. The project brings together industry and academic partners to address longstanding challenges posed by disconnected systems and legacy data formats used in military operations.
As part of the effort, HERE is partnering with Manoj D. Mahajan, director of special programs at Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), and Pawel Polak of the university’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and its Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS).
The project will use HERE’s enterprise browser technology as a secure foundation for an AI-powered integration layer designed to connect disparate Army information systems. Rather than replacing existing platforms, the browser-based approach is intended to modernize data formats and enable more seamless information sharing across applications, helping unify access to critical data in operational environments.
“Stony Brook University is working with HERE Enterprise Inc. and the U.S. Army to provide AI agnostic solutions that will prevent vendor lock-in for the U.S. Department of War and enable a more cohesive C2 environment,” said Mahajan. “This will enable analysts and warfighters to increase productivity by enabling them to move and access data faster across different tools through an AI-enabled platform.”
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