On the Resilience Conference stage in September 2025, Chief of the General Staff General Sir Roly Walker set forth his expectations of the British Army, aiming to double its lethality within three years and treble it by the end of the decade. The method by which this was to be achieved is Project ASGARD, an initiative the UK Ministry of Defence has commissioned to ‘set the conditions for the unfair fight.’
Per the MoD’s tender, ASGARD’s focus is on ‘reinventing and transforming how land forces deliver operational decision-support and decision-making software by exploiting modern Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) based digital technologies.’ Enter Anduril.
In an announcement this weekend, Anduril UK shared that it has successfully demonstrated their Edge Data Mesh for Project ASGARD. Using the mesh technology, the British Army is able to transmit data from the frontline to their headquarters in seconds, which speeds up the kill-chain so the end user responds in real-time to emerging threats through a resilient, survivable kill web.
Dr Rich Drake, Managing Director of Anduril UK and Europe told Resilience Media ‘this is next generation C2 in action; real time connectivity, open systems, and software that creates seamless operational execution; not just …moving data faster, … turning it into seconds, not hours.’
As NATO Allies and Ukraine face increasingly asymmetrical warfare and contested EW environments, Project ASGARD was put in place to enable the country partners to employ technology solutions that allow them to meet General Roly’s directive. Key to this is interoperability between not just software and hardware, but software solution to software solution. This is where the Edge Data Mesh technology supports the mission.
According to Anduril, on the first day being deployed to ASGARD alongside the 26 other technology vendors, Anduril’s team was able to collaborate and integrate with other platforms and systems – allowing data to be transferred across Lattice (Anduril’s command and control system) in less than a day. Building upon Andruil’s edge compute and comms solution which has been successfully deployed by NATO, data mesh will allow battlefield assets to be rapidly tasked, which accelerates the kill-chain, enhancing real-time lethality.
Resilience Media was present at the Project ASGARD launch last week and were immersed in a VR simulation of the Edge Data Mesh technology in action. We agree with Drake, who told us ‘this is just the beginning of what’s possible when innovation meets mission need.’
