Neutrality
LHITC is not a competitor to its partners. The organization exists to host, coordinate, and connect — not to capture work for itself.
About LHITC
A neutral host, by design.
LHITC exists so that government, industry, and academia can do hard, multi-domain work together — without each partner having to assemble the airspace, the land, the operators, and the integration support themselves.
Mission
Lower the friction of doing the work that matters.
LHITC was formed because the gap between operationally relevant test environments and the partners who need them is wider than it needs to be. Coordinating airspace, land, operators, integration space, and program-office stakeholders is a real job — one that usually falls on the partner least equipped to do it.
We do that coordination so partners don't have to. The result is faster cycles between prototype and program of record, more realistic training, and stronger interagency and industry relationships.
Trust
Properly vetted access, deconfliction with adjacent users, and the discretion partners need to do sensitive work.
Mission alignment
Coordination prioritizes mission impact — what the work needs in order to land — over transactional throughput.
Organization
A Montana 501(c)(6) trade organization.
LHITC operates as a registered Montana 501(c)(6) trade organization. The 501(c)(6) structure is designed for organizations that promote a common business interest and improve the conditions of an industry, which is the right shape for the coordination role LHITC plays across its partner ecosystem.
- Legal status
- Montana 501(c)(6) trade organization
- Headquarters
- Townsend, Montana
- Operating focus
- Multi-domain testing, training, integration, technology acceleration
- Primary contact
- jamie@lhitc.org
Leadership
Built around trusted experience.
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James "Jamie" Wilkins
Board President & Program Director
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired)
Jamie leads LHITC with decades of senior military experience and a deep network across the defense, government, and academic communities. His focus is building a neutral, trusted environment where industry, government, and academia can work shoulder-to-shoulder on the hard problems.
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If something here resonates with what your team is trying to do, we'd like to hear from you.