WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 23, 2026 — Greystones Group has been delivering innovative digital solutions to the United States Military and civilian federal government, announced today that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The collaboration will focus on advancing artificial intelligence, data orchestration, and automation capabilities across ARL’s Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Toolkit in support of Army modernization priorities.
Through the CRADA, ARL and Greystones will jointly research and develop an AI-enabled data fabric that integrates heterogeneous simulation, sensor, and mission systems across live, virtual, and constructive environments. The Greystones Group Soleite™ platform will serve as the foundational framework, providing a unified data catalog, API orchestration layer, and event-driven pipelines to simplify system integration, while maintaining security and governance in air-gapped and contested environments. The collaboration will also explore the development of proprietary AI copilots and agentic workflows to support natural-language interaction, automation, and context-aware decision support for researchers and engineers.
“This CRADA reflects the Army’s continued commitment to implementing artificial intelligence in realistic research and experimentation environments,” said Dr. Kristin Schaefer-Lay, LVC Toolkit Team Lead and CRADA Technical Point of Contact at ARL. We are accelerating our ability to integrate AI-enabled data orchestration and agent technologies into the LVC Toolkit in a way that supports modularity, scalability, and future Army use cases.”
Under the agreement, ARL and Greystones Group will each contribute personnel, infrastructure, software and technical expertise. Planned activities include system integration, development of custom AI agents for multi-source tactical edge processing, and a stakeholder demonstration at the Robotics Research Collaboration Campus in Middle River, Maryland.
“Greystones is honored to partner with ARL on this important effort,” said Sheila Duffy, Founder and CEO of Greystones Group. “This CRADA allows us to apply our Soleite™ platform and Soleite Mission Edge™ capabilities to a critical Army research environment, advancing AI-enabled data integration, autonomy, and decision support across live and simulated domains. We see this collaboration as a meaningful step toward transitioning innovative AI solutions from research into operational relevance.”
The CRADA aligns with U.S. Army modernization priorities in AI and autonomy and is structured as a multi-year collaboration, with the first year focused on integration, testing, and demonstration within ARL’s LVC Toolkit environment.
About DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
DEVCOM ARL is the Army’s sole fundamental research laboratory serving as the nexus between the military, academia and industry. ARL executes globally recognized research to accelerate delivery of war-winning, disruptive technologies for tomorrow’s Army. For more information, visit https://arl.devcom.army.mil/.
About Greystones Group
Greystones is a certified WOSB, headquartered in Washington, DC. Greystones Group is proud to support our Nation’s Defense and Critical Infrastructure Agencies by providing mission-focused solutions and services that ensure mission success. We provide rapid DevSecOps and proven artificial intelligence solutions for mission critical systems to reduce operators’ cognitive load, and allow for better, faster decisions. For more information, visit www.greystonesgroup.com.
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