Mendel Cohen 
- SNC’s MAAWLR platform integrated data from various sensors and the capabilities of other systems with the help of MAAWLR C2 Gateway at Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury
- Falcon Fury took place between July and August in Tampa, Florida
- The exercise sought to determine the ability of contractors to deliver MOSA-compliant systems
SNC said Monday that its expeditionary air-defense platform was found by the U.S. Army to have met the interface validation and interoperability criteria under Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury, an exercise that took place from July 25 to Aug. 28 in Tampa, Florida, and hosted by the Army chief technology officer and the Army assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology.
Falcon Fury is the second phase of Operation Jailbreak, which took place in May at Fort Carson.
What Was the Aim of Operation Jailbreak Falcon Fury?
The purpose of Falcon Fury was to determine whether contractors could deliver capabilities compliant with the Department of War’s Modular Open Systems Approach, a way of designing weapon systems as modular parts that connect through standard, well-defined interfaces, so that systems can be upgraded piece by piece over time. For the exercise, participating companies had to show that their offerings could execute commands issued remotely and share operational data securely with command and control systems identified by the government. SNC specified in an article published on Aviation Week that the operational data had to be shared using standard formats.
Participating companies also had to publish and make available on the U.S. Army API Marketplace verified documentation regarding the interfaces used by their offerings.
What Capabilities Did SNC’s MAWWLR Showcase at Falcon Fury?
For its part, SNC showcased Mobile Anti-Air Weapons Launcher – Reconfigurable, or MAAWLR, a defense platform that works to detect and defeat airborne threats either on its own or as part of a broader air defense architecture. During Falcon Fury, the platform demonstrated an ability to pull information from various sensors and integrate various capabilities, including collaborative autonomy. SNC said the integration of these systems was made possible by MAAWLR C2 Gateway, which served as as a common software boundary.
MAAWLR’s success at meeting the exercise’s criteria was formally documented by the U.S. Army Operational Evaluation Command.
Commenting on the achievement, SNC Vice President of Programs Barry Gibbs said the exercise “proved that open, vendor-agnostic architectures are no longer theoretical concepts — they are operational realities that can be integrated and deployed today.”
