When the U.S. Army launched Operation Jailbreak at Fort Carson, the objective was clear: bring together industry, operators, engineers, and government stakeholders to accelerate interoperability across systems that have historically operated in isolation.

As Army leadership described it:

“Together, we will force our way through the firewalls, link every system, and achieve true right to integrate.”

The event brought together “defense heavyweights” and Army leadership to work through a challenge that extends far beyond any individual technology: how modern systems work together. TERN was honored to participate as one of the defense industry partners invited, bringing continuously available positioning into a broader discussion about interoperability, autonomy, and next-generation command and control.

Operation Jailbreak and the Right to Integrate

Operation Jailbreak was not focused on creating another standalone capability. It was focused on connecting capabilities that already exist.

The goal was to create pathways between systems, reduce integration barriers, and allow information to move more effectively between platforms, operators, and command environments. Rather than asking whether a technology works, the focus was on how technologies work together.

That objective shaped much of the work throughout the week.

Integrating Positioning into the NGC2 Ecosystem

During Operation Jailbreak, TERN integrated with Anduril Lattice, Palantir Maven, and TAK while becoming part of the U.S. Army’s emerging Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) ecosystem.

TERN also demonstrated bidirectional workflows that allow command systems to send routing instructions to vehicles while receiving positioning, vehicle status, and operational information in return. In parallel, we introduced vehicle health capabilities that allow fleet status information to be surfaced alongside positioning information inside existing command environments.

The significance extends beyond the integrations themselves.

TERN is increasingly becoming part of the operational architecture that command-and-control systems rely on to understand where assets are, how they are moving, and what is happening across the operational environment.

When Positioning Becomes Core Architecture

Historically, positioning has often been evaluated as a standalone capability. A vehicle receives satellite signals, derives position, a command system displays it, and other workflows operate around it.

What surfaced throughout Operation Jailbreak was a different perspective.

Discussions with command-and-control providers, autonomy companies, unmanned systems manufacturers, and Army stakeholders rarely stayed focused on resilient positioning alone. The conversation repeatedly expanded into routing, fleet operations, vehicle readiness, autonomy, command workflows, and the common operating picture.

The focus was less on positioning itself and more on the systems that depend on it.

That distinction matters because many of the technologies shaping modern operations ultimately rely on continuous access to absolute position and movement information. When positioning becomes unavailable, the systems built on top of it become less effective.

As operational systems become more connected, resilient positioning is increasingly being integrated into the workflows, platforms, and technologies that depend on it.

What Operation Jailbreak Reinforced

TERN was founded on the principle that absolute position must remain continuously available. As systems become increasingly dependent on software, autonomy, command and control, and machine decision-making, losing position creates consequences that extend far beyond navigation. Many of the systems participating in Operation Jailbreak ultimately depend on knowing where they are in order to function as intended.

Throughout Operation Jailbreak, TERN demonstrated how continuously available positioning can move through larger operational systems. Integrations with Lattice, Maven, TAK, and NGC2, combined with routing workflows, vehicle health capabilities, and bidirectional data exchange, showed how positioning can support command systems, fleet operations, autonomy platforms, and operational decision-making.

Operation Jailbreak did not change TERN’s view of where positioning is headed. What it provided was a practical demonstration of how broadly that view is resonating.

What began as a resilience capability is increasingly being integrated into the systems and workflows that modern operations depend on.

Watch a video demonstration of TERN’s Vehicle Health and Maintenance System (VHMS) recorded during Operation Jailbreak:

Beyond Operation Jailbreak

The lessons from Operation Jailbreak extend beyond any single program or platform.

Robotics, autonomy, mobility, logistics, and defense systems all depend on continuous access to position. As those systems become more connected, the ability to provide resilient positioning across operational environments becomes increasingly important.

Operation Jailbreak demonstrated what is possible when interoperability moves from aspiration to implementation.

For TERN, it reinforced something we have believed from the beginning: resilient positioning is not simply another capability operating alongside modern systems. It is the critical infrastructure that enables them to function.

ABOUT TERN: TERN’s positioning architecture has gained recognition across both commercial and government sectors, including selection into the NATO DIANA accelerator, contracts with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Army, a Special Mention inTIME’s Best Inventions of 2025, and a win in the U.S. Army’s xTech Overwatch competition.

TERN is building a continuously learning positioning architecture that unlocks autonomy, mobility and spatial awareness by enabling vehicles to derive position from within, not above.