Reston – October 12, 2026 -- Leidos has completed Jailbreak Sprint 1.5 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, bringing its ALPS surveillance system into the U.S. Army's new Reveille Forge integration and testing environment, following three Leidos systems tested at the first sprint in June.
Reveille Forge follows the Army's Operation Jailbreak exercise held earlier this year. It is intended to surface system interoperability problems earlier in development, before technologies reach soldiers in the field.
Reveille Forge replaces periodic events with a persistent integration model
The Army designed the environment to move integration from periodic events to a persistent "integrate-first" approach. Government, industry and academia can test earlier how technologies work together.
The effort supports the Army's Modular Open Systems Approach, which uses open interfaces to connect sensors, weapons and software from different providers and to adapt as mission needs change.
Matt Becker, Leidos Defense Sensors vice president and its Operation Jailbreak representative, said open architectures turned integration from a barrier into an advantage during Operation Jailbreak, and that Reveille Forge now gives the Army and industry an enduring place to integrate early and mature capabilities faster.
Leidos fielded IFPC Inc 2, MXR and ALPS across two sprints
At Sprint 1.0 in June at Fort Carson, Colorado, Leidos brought IFPC Inc 2, MXR and ALPS. At Sprint 1.5 at Redstone Arsenal's Reveille Forge, it brought ALPS, as the Army and industry continued integrating and hardening capabilities from the first sprint.
- IFPC Inc 2: a mobile, ground-based weapon system capable of countering unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missile threats.
- ALPS: the Army Long-Range Persistent Surveillance system, which uses passive, 360-degree sensing to detect aerial threats without revealing its position.
- MXR: an AI-enabled counter-drone radar designed to detect, track and identify small unmanned aerial systems in high-clutter environments.
Leidos demonstrated, validated and stress-tested across the sprints
During the sprints, Leidos demonstrated capabilities in approved test environments and validated interoperability with approved Army systems. It also tested tools focused on cybersecurity and information sharing, and worked with Army stakeholders to identify priorities for future testing.
Leidos ties Reveille Forge work to its NorthStar 2030 strategy
The work also supports NorthStar 2030, the company's growth strategy focused on combining Defense Tech, mission expertise and integration capabilities. Leidos plans to keep advancing open architectures and strengthening interoperability through ongoing participation in Reveille Forge, to help mature integrated capabilities for future testing and operational use.