UNIFY.C2 Serves as Command-and Control Layer for MagnoliaCrucible 2026 Counter-UAS Exercise at Camp Shelby
UNIFY.C2 platform fuses mobile sensor feeds into a single common operating picture as
the National Guard Bureau evaluates counter-UAS capability
UNIFY.C2 Common Operational Picture for Magnolia Crucible, integrating 22 sensors from 14 different companies
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 24, 2026 — SPS ARS, LLC d/b/a Spatial Persistent Software announced today that its UNIFY.C2 platform served as the command-and-control and data fusion layer for Magnolia Crucible 2026, a UAS/Counter-UAS forum and exercise held Sept. 9-10 at the Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a recent range addition to ATEC (Army Test and Evaluation Center).
During the exercise, UNIFY.C2 combined data from 22 sensors fielded by 14 different companies into a shared operating picture for operators and evaluators. The assessment examined technologies to support the National Guard Bureau’s mission: enabling Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams to detect, track and identify small unmanned aircraft that may pose chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats.
Magnolia Crucible brought together military units, law enforcement agencies, critical infrastructure representatives and technology providers to assess UAS and counter-UAS capabilities under field conditions.
Live assessment lanes operated at Hagler Airfield and Camp Shelby’s Combined Arms
Collective Training Facility. The urban training site includes multistory structures, narrow passages, courtyards, dense foliage, radio-frequency interference and areas with limited
lines of sight. These conditions allowed evaluators to assess how sensors and supporting
systems performed when terrain and structures affected coverage.
Mobile sensor teams operated throughout the training area while UNIFY.C2 collected and normalized their data. The platform presented aircraft tracks and sensor information
through a common interface, allowing operators and evaluators to monitor activity across the exercise area.
The assessment included three phases. The first established baseline detection against a single inbound aircraft. The second introduced multiple maneuvering aircraft with staggered arrival times and different flight profiles. The final phase increased aircraft density and introduced threats approaching from several directions.
Across the assessment lanes, UNIFY.C2 maintained the operating picture as aircraft moved between sensor coverage areas and preserved detection, providing all-domain tracking and identification data for exercise command-and-control and post-exercise analysis.
UNIFY.C2 completed integration of all sensors on station in less than 48 hours. Bringing all 22 systems onto a single platform in that timeframe demonstrated rapid integration of sensors that had not previously been connected, scalability across a large and varied sensor mix, and a single pane of glass that brought the capabilities of each contributing sensor onto one command-and-control platform.
Participating companies received performance data aligned to Joint Interagency Task Force 401 test and evaluation criteria, providing each with a standards-based view of how their systems performed under field conditions.
“The hard problem in counter-UAS is no longer detection, it is coherence,” said Jerry McGee, Chief Executive Officer of SPS ARS. “When you put multiple mobile sensor teams into an urban environment and start saturating the airspace, the operator needs one picture, not five. UNIFY.C2 gave operators and evaluators a consistent view of aircraft activity as targets moved through the training area and between sensor coverage zones.”
UNIFY.C2 integrated data from participating radio frequency, electro-optical, infrared, kinetic and electronic warfare systems. The platform correlated the raw sensor inputs and presented aircraft tracks through a single interface, regardless of sensor modality or manufacturer.
The sensor-agnostic architecture allowed evaluators to examine the contribution of
individual systems while retaining a combined view of the exercise airspace.
“We are not asking anyone to rip out what they already own,” said Anthony Lim, Chief Operating Officer of SPS ARS. “Units end up with sensors bought under different programs, on different timelines, from different vendors. UNIFY.C2 takes that reality as the starting point and gives the commander one picture and one set of data to make decisions from.”
Data collected during Magnolia Crucible is expected to support National Guard Bureau assessments of mobile counter-UAS capabilities for Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams and inform future Chemical and Biological Defense Program planning.
About Magnolia Crucible 2026
Magnolia Crucible 2026 is a UAS/C-UAS forum and exercise hosted at the Camp Shelby
Joint Force Training Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on 9–10 September 2026. The event pairs a two-day symposium, plenary sessions, keynote presentations, facilitated tabletop discussions, and breakout briefings, with live operational assessment lanes at the installation’s urban training complex. Its stated purpose is to connect military, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, and industry participants and to advance UAS and counter-UAS integration through partnership and shared operational experience.
About UNIFY.C2
UNIFY.C2, developed by SPS ARS, LLC d/b/a Spatial Persistent Software, is an operationally deployed command-and-control platform for airspace awareness, counter-UAS, and multi-sensor mission integration. UNIFY.C2 provides a common operational environment for integrating sensors, effectors, data sources, and external command systems. Its sensor-agnostic architecture allows government organizations to deploy best-of-breed technologies while providing the data fusion, decision support, information sharing, and mission execution capabilities required for complex counter-UAS operations. For more information, visit: www.unifyc2.com
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