In 2023, L3Harris, together with industry partners, undertook Project EVEREST, an experiment at the UK’s Defence BattleLab in Dorset designed to test a range of data and communications systems. This approach will require a new way of collaborating with industry, which presents a great opportunity for partnership. The UK Ministry of Defence has already outlined its ambition to move to this “technology-centric approach” in the 2023 Defence Command Paper.