GDIT will use the new centre to speed up development of technology for intelligence and defence missions. Credit: © General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., a General Dynamics Company.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a division of General Dynamics, has launched its Mission Emerge Center in Springfield, Virginia.

Spanning approximately 5,200ft², the site is designed to expedite the development of advanced technologies intended for intelligence and defence operations.

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GDIT intends to collaborate with its clients, commercial technology companies, and other General Dynamics entities at this location to test and validate solutions. These include AI-driven mission analysis, tactical edge capabilities, cyber tools, AI-assisted software development, optimised sensor processing, and high-performance computing.

The Mission Emerge Center will also expand GDIT’s DeepSky lab, which simulates government environments. The DeepSky lab enables teams, irrespective of their locations, to test new capabilities and work with technology partners, industry, and academia to develop and prototype innovative solutions.

Furthermore, the Mission Emerge Center will be used to demonstrate new technologies to clients, such as Motion GEOINT, which combines intelligence sources for real-time detection of moving targets. It will also showcase GeoInsight Mission Planning, which uses large language models to analyse geospatial data for quicker decision-making during missions.

GDIT will work with other General Dynamics business units at the centre, including a collaboration with Gulfstream Aerospace to build a solution for processing overhead imagery from aircraft-mounted sensors for intelligence missions.

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GDIT president Amy Gilliland said: “Advancements in artificial intelligence, drones and cyber have fundamentally reshaped our national security missions and our battlespace and intelligence operations.

“Our investment in the Mission Emerge Center reflects our continued commitment to push boundaries and to enable our teams to transform emerging technologies into mission-ready solutions at speed and scale.”

The Mission Emerge Center forms part of GDIT’s ongoing investment in research and development (R&D) laboratories across the US and is included in its Technology Investment Strategy focused on advancing government missions and tactical edge capabilities.

Previously, the company implemented solutions in various field exercises, including deploying an AI and cloud system at Cyber Fortress 2025, and providing a “cloud-in-a-box” solution at Mobility Guardian 2025 in Guam.

In September 2025, GDIT secured a $1.5bn contract to modernise the enterprise IT infrastructure of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM).

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