· Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury in Tampa, Florida, evaluated defense contractors on open, standards-based interfaces and shared integration environments designed to eliminate proprietary vendor locks.
· SNC successfully expanded its MAAWLR open architecture C2 integrations, achieving seamless bidirectional track exchange and tasking with Army specified C2 systems and provided the Army an API for future MAAWLR integrations.
· Month-long exercise validated kinetic and non-kinetic engagement workflows, multi-sensor radar fusion, and cybersecurity reciprocity, establishing a proven open-systems blueprint for the Army’s upcoming M-SHORAD Increment 4 program.
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 12, 2026) — For decades, the U.S. military’s most sophisticated weapons platforms have operated in isolated technological silos, bound by proprietary architectures that prevent disparate battlefield systems from communicating with one another. Following its rapid 11-day validation during the Army’s inaugural “Operation Jailbreak” hackathon at Fort Carson in May, SNC demonstrated that open, vendor-agnostic air defense is ready for broader operational fielding. During the second phase of the Army’s initiative — Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury, conducted July 25 to August 28 in Tampa, Florida — SNC validated comprehensive multi-vendor command, control, sensor fusion and live fire-control integration.
Hosted jointly by the U.S. Army Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)), Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury brought together defense industry primes and commercial technology leaders. The exercise was designed to test whether contractors could deliver on the Pentagon’s mandate for a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) under realistic, time-compressed conditions. Participants were required to publish platform-agnostic interfaces, securely exchange operational data with government-selected Command and Control (C2) systems, execute remote asset-control commands, and make verified interface documentation available across the defense industrial base via the U.S. Army API Marketplace.
SNC met these demanding benchmarks with its Mobile Anti-Air Weapons Launcher – Reconfigurable (MAAWLR), a core component of the company’s Rapidly Deployable Air Defense and Counter-Unmanned Systems (C-UxS) family of systems. Purpose-built as a hybrid, expeditionary air-defense platform, MAAWLR combines military-grade sensors, tactical communications, fire-control software, kinetic and non-kinetic effectors within a modular hardware and software framework. The system is engineered to independently detect, track, identify and defeat airborne threats or plug into an existing multi-echelon air defense architecture to extend sensor coverage and defensive firepower.
A defining achievement of the exercise was SNC’s integration of a diverse multi-vendor sensor and autonomy ecosystem using the MAAWLR C2 Gateway as a common software boundary. The platform successfully incorporated target track and telemetry data from electro-optical/infrared imaging systems, multi-mission tactical radars and passive radio-frequency sensors. SNC integrated collaborative autonomy and tasking engines in addition to resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing feeds, while initiating integration activities with Maven Smart System. SNC also demonstrated rapid cybersecurity compliance during the exercise, presenting
an existing U.S. Air Force Authority to Operate for the MAAWLR Mission Application Command and Control configuration.
Following the event, the U.S. Army Operational Evaluation Command (ATEC-OEC) issued a formal Memorandum of Observation documenting that MAAWLR satisfied all interface validation and interoperability criteria established for Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury. SNC’s vetted APIs and test scripts are now officially published and accessible through the U.S. Army API Marketplace. The operational successes achieved during Jailbreak 2.0 arrive at a critical time as the Army accelerates requirements for its upcoming Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) Increment 4 program, where non-proprietary modularity, open sensor integration and rapid counter-drone fielding are paramount.
“Operation Jailbreak 2.0 proved that open, vendor-agnostic architectures are no longer theoretical concepts — they are operational realities that can be integrated and deployed today,” said Barry Gibbs, vice president of programs at SNC’s IAS business area. “By demonstrating seamless interoperability with IBCS-M, diverse tactical radars, optical sensors and multiple kinetic and electronic effectors, MAAWLR delivers exactly what the Army is demanding. As service leaders prepare for upcoming modernization milestones like M-SHORAD Increment 4, SNC is proving that open architecture eliminates costly contractor locks, slashes integration timelines and delivers decisive overmatch directly to the warfighter.”
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SNC is a trusted global leader in aerospace and national security. Our innovative solutions enable connected protection through command, control and communications systems, as well as ISR, cyber, electromagnetic spectrum management, and other high capabilities for national security systems across all domains – sea, land, air, space and cyber. As a longstanding leader in defense technology, SNC is at the optimum intersection of commercial, defense and non-traditional contractors. We are one of the only privately owned mid-tier A&D contractors and we pride ourselves on our ability to invest early and often to ensure mission success on or ahead of schedule. It's part of our mission to always stay one step ahead; working on solutions today to solve the problems of tomorrow. Founded in 1963, SNC is owned by Executive Chairwoman Eren Ozmen and CEO Fatih Ozmen.