LMI’s SHEPRD platform is now being deployed across I Corps through the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control architecture.
SHEPRD helps soldiers anticipate threats, protect critical assets and make faster decisions, the company said. It is already prototyped through Army exercises, so it can quickly be scaled across I Corps.
“Being able to scale at mission speed means ensuring you’re delivering what Soldiers actually need,” said Jared Summers, LMI CTO. “Working directly with Soldiers and pushing meaningful updates in 24 hours, not months, made SHEPRD better with every exercise.”
SHEPRD provides a real-time operating picture that displays threat data, asset locations, terrain, routes and protection coverage in a single C2 view of the battlespace. Deploying the platform to I Corps extends the tool to the Army’s operational headquarters for the Pacific.
“The Department of War is asking industry to show up differently to get the best technology into warfighters’ hands faster,” said LMI President of National Security Graham Evans.
“For LMI, that means using our mission expertise to anticipate operational gaps and invest ahead of demand. With SHEPRD, this approach helped create a working capability that was ready when the Army needed it and able to scale across I Corps.”
LMI developed SHEPRD as a commercial application for the Army’s NGC2 ecosystem. It was evaluated by soldiers during the Army’s Ivy Sting and Project Convergence-Capstone 6 exercises.