Participating in the historic "Right to Integrate" sprint, Crow Industries completed rapid integration priorities to "jailbreak" all Fenris UGVs for broadscale interoperability with command-and-control (C2), autonomy, and payload systems used across our Armed Forces
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Crow Industries, a U.S.-based robotics company, today announced its successful participation in the U.S. Army's first-ever "Right to Integrate" (R2I) hackathon, known as Operation Jailbreak. Prompted by urgent threats faced by U.S. soldiers in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AoR), Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll launched this initiative to ensure U.S. forces are no longer forced to act as manual "adapters" across disconnected screens. Crow Industries was invited among other top defense companies to Fort Carson in Colorado to break down cross-platform silos and deliver the real-time data sharing required to combat modern threats
Right to Integrate
Right to Integrate (R2I) was created to address a long-standing challenge across the defense technology ecosystem where systems from different vendors operating in silos, limiting the interoperability of platforms from different vendors to communicate, share data, and execute intent cohesively in the field. Crow Industries was asked to include their Fenris Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) platform in the sprint and quickly completed the technical requirements needed to connect its capabilities into a broader C2 environment.
A small engineering team from Crow Industries went to Fort Carson, then quickly built, tested, and validated the APIs necessary to connect with the base model C2 platform, enabling all Fenris UGVs to be viewed and controlled alongside other manned, unmanned, and payload systems in a single operating picture. This sprint focused on proving that participating vendors could expose interfaces, document their systems, and integrate into a shared operational platform.
"Operation Jailbreak was designed to demonstrate that companies actually could come together and make their technologies work cohesively when called upon," said Dr. James Crowell, CEO of Crow Industries. "Crow Industries showed up, completed the technical requirements and integrated with the base C2 platform in a single weekend. The Army needs systems that can be added, adapted, and coordinated quickly, especially now as unmanned systems become more central to how the military operates."
According to the U.S. Army, the effort included about 600 participants and more than 50 companies working to open system APIs and unlock new integrations across more than 70 military capabilities, with additional testing and validation continuing as the sprint moves forward. Defense firms Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial Autonomy, and RTX were all a part of the hackathon.
Closing
For Crow Industries, completing integration during Operation Jailbreak demonstrates Fenris' ability to connect quickly into a shared operational environment and support the Army's push for more modular, interoperable battlefield systems.
