Antillion has been awarded a position on the UK Ministry of Defence Digital Decision Accelerators for Defence (DDAD) Open Framework, under Lot 4 for Edge Storage and Compute.
The DDAD is a long-term open framework valued at up to £180m over its lifetime, designed to support the rapid development, integration, and deployment of digital decision-support capabilities. This initiative reflects the scale of ambition behind ASGARD, the British Army’s flagship Transformative Capability Initiative, and the prioritisation of decision advantage within land operations. The framework focuses on the “Decide” element of the Sense–Decide–Effect cycle, utilizing modern AI and ML-driven technologies to assist land forces in real-time decision-making.
For Lot 4, the primary objective is to support edge computing and local storage. This allows for low-latency processing in distributed environments where connectivity might be intermittent or limited, and where operational resilience is a necessity. Antillion focuses on these edge environments through its PACE AIR and PACE FRONTIER platforms, which are engineered to address constraints regarding space, power, and mobility in contested or degraded settings.
The company’s platforms scale in both performance and environmental durability to match specific operational contexts. Whether the requirement is for rapid deployment in constrained spaces or sustained operation in harsh conditions, the hardware is designed to ensure technology remains usable and effective in practice.
The DDAD framework is structured to be accessible and encourage innovation, with a significant portion of the awards going to UK SMEs. This collaborative structure brings together operators, integrators, software teams, and hardware teams to improve operational outcomes.
