Inside Operation Jailbreak: Red Hat’s participation in the US Army’s open integration sprint

In May 2026 an important, unprecedented event took place in Fort Carson, Colorado: US Army Operation Jailbreak. For the first time, roughly 600 participants from more than 50 companies came together in person to integrate their sensors and systems into a common Command and Control (C2) platform, exposing and documenting APIs across more than 70 Army capabilities, including the Integrated Battle Command System Maneuver (IBCS-M) program.This ambitious effort was created to address the urgent and growing need for US and allied forces to communicate with greater ease, share information at speed, a