# War Data Platform **Aliases:** WDP **Entity class:** DoD enterprise data and application platform ## Definition The **War Data Platform (WDP)** is the modernized Department of Defense platform created through the 2026 transformation of [[wiki/Advana|Advana]]. The governing memorandum describes its purpose as accelerating warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise missions by building on Advana's data foundation and enabling rapid integration of AI and other applications. Advana historically integrated hundreds of disparate defense business and operational sources into a governed big-data environment. The WDP transition shifts that foundation toward a multi-vendor acquisition and application model aligned with [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]], including rapid software delivery through [[wiki/DevSecOps|DevSecOps]] pipelines and an [[wiki/Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract|IDIQ]] structure rather than a single-vendor lock. ## Importance to CJADC2 WDP is a shared data and application substrate, not a command authority. [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]] requires authoritative, discoverable, permissioned, interoperable data before sensors and commanders can operate from a common picture. WDP supplies Department-wide data access and application services; [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]] supplies a multi-vendor integration model; [[wiki/Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability|JWCC]] supplies scalable cloud compute; [[wiki/Department of Defense Information Network|DoDIN]] carries the traffic. ## Relationships - **evolved from:** [[wiki/Advana|Advana]]. - **governed with:** [[wiki/Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office|CDAO]] and the defense comptroller organization. - **supports:** [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]], intelligence, auditability, and enterprise missions. - **application ecosystem:** [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]]. - **delivery model:** [[wiki/DevSecOps|DevSecOps]], multi-vendor acquisition, and the [[wiki/Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace|Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DoD — Transforming Advana to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence and Enhance Auditability, January 2026](https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/12/2003855667/-1/-1/0/TRANSFORMING-ADVANA-TO-ACCELERATE-ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-AND-ENHANCE-AUDITABILITY.PDF) - [CDAO — six-month Open DAGIR progress](https://www.ai.mil/News/PR-View/Article/4026085/cdao-highlights-progress-in-scaling-data-and-ai-capabilities-at-six-month-mark/)