# U.S. Military Prioritizes Open-Architecture Communications

An L3Harris-sponsored article describes growing U.S. military demand for open, interoperable communications and electronic-warfare systems that can adapt to jamming and work across legacy, commercial, and military networks. It identifies potential areas for industry involvement—including open-architecture integration, resilient SATCOM, electronic warfare, AI-enabled threat response, and interoperability testing—but announces no solicitation, award, contract value, or procurement contact.

- Contractors with relevant capabilities can align offerings around cross-network interoperability, resilience under jamming, and integration with existing systems.
- The article points to potential demand in communications, electronic warfare, SATCOM, AI-enabled threat response, and testing; it does not confirm a funded procurement or an open competition.
- Procurement and business development teams can use these capability areas to assess product fit and identify evidence of interoperability and adaptation to contested communications environments.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 08, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Army (Army)
- Department of War

### Vendors
- L3Harris Technologies (Sponsored the article; provider of communications, electronic-warfare, sensor, and counter-UAS systems described)
- Shield AI (Provider of Hivemind autonomy software integrated in the described flight demonstration)

### Sources
- [Open Architecture Is the Battlefield Advantage ](https://www.defensenews.com/native/l3harris/2026/10/08/open-architecture-is-the-battlefield-advantage) - Defense News