diff --git a/backend/app/services/heatmap_service.py b/backend/app/services/heatmap_service.py
index b3d10e0..c8927e9 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/heatmap_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/heatmap_service.py
@@ -353,6 +353,17 @@ def build_coverage_layer(
         layer["techniques"].append({
             # Literal argument value
             "techniqueID": tech.mitre_id,
+            # Technique display name — not part of the official ATT&CK
+            # Navigator schema, but harmless extra data for Navigator
+            # imports and lets Aegis's own heatmap UI show names inline
+            # instead of only ID + hover tooltip.
+            "name": tech.name,
+            # Only the coverage layer has a real TechniqueStatus concept —
+            # exposed so the frontend can color cells by the exact same
+            # discrete status palette the Techniques page uses, instead of
+            # a continuous score-derived hex. The other 3 layer types don't
+            # set this (their score doesn't correspond to a TechniqueStatus).
+            "status": tech.status_global.value,
             # Literal argument value
             "tactic": _format_tactic(tech.tactic),
             # Literal argument value
@@ -491,6 +502,11 @@ def build_threat_actor_layer(
             )
         layer["techniques"].append({
             "techniqueID": tech.mitre_id,
+            "name": tech.name,
+            # Every appended row here is an actor-used technique (non-actor
+            # ones are skipped above), so status_global is meaningful here
+            # too — see the coverage layer's "status" field for why.
+            "status": tech.status_global.value,
             "tactic": _format_tactic(tech.tactic),
             "color": _score_to_color(score),
             "score": score,
@@ -586,6 +602,7 @@ def build_detection_rules_layer(
         layer["techniques"].append({
             # Literal argument value
             "techniqueID": tech.mitre_id,
+            "name": tech.name,
             # Literal argument value
             "tactic": _format_tactic(tech.tactic),
             # Literal argument value
@@ -754,6 +771,7 @@ def build_campaign_layer(
         layer["techniques"].append({
             # Literal argument value
             "techniqueID": mitre_id,
+            "name": tech.name,
             # Literal argument value
             "tactic": _format_tactic(tech.tactic),
             # Literal argument value
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_heatmap_technique_name.py b/backend/tests/test_heatmap_technique_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c055f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_heatmap_technique_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""Every heatmap layer must include the technique's display name.
+
+The frontend heatmap previously showed only the MITRE ID on each cell
+(name only available via hover tooltip), unlike the Techniques page which
+always showed both. Unifying the two pages' cell style requires the name
+to be available on every layer's technique entries, not just derived
+client-side (HeatmapTechnique has no name field to derive it from).
+"""
+
+from app.models.campaign import Campaign, CampaignTest
+from app.models.detection_rule import DetectionRule
+from app.models.enums import TestState
+from app.models.technique import Technique
+from app.models.test import Test
+from app.models.threat_actor import ThreatActor, ThreatActorTechnique
+from app.services.heatmap_service import (
+    build_campaign_layer,
+    build_coverage_layer,
+    build_detection_rules_layer,
+    build_threat_actor_layer,
+)
+
+
+def _seed_technique(db, mitre_id="T1059", name="Command and Scripting Interpreter"):
+    tech = Technique(mitre_id=mitre_id, name=name, tactic="execution", platforms=["windows"])
+    db.add(tech)
+    db.flush()
+    return tech
+
+
+def test_coverage_layer_includes_technique_name_and_status(db):
+    tech = _seed_technique(db)
+    db.commit()
+
+    layer = build_coverage_layer(db)
+
+    entry = next(t for t in layer["techniques"] if t["techniqueID"] == tech.mitre_id)
+    assert entry["name"] == tech.name
+    assert entry["status"] == "not_evaluated"
+
+
+def test_threat_actor_layer_includes_technique_name_and_status(db):
+    tech = _seed_technique(db)
+    actor = ThreatActor(name="APT-Test")
+    db.add(actor)
+    db.flush()
+    db.add(ThreatActorTechnique(threat_actor_id=actor.id, technique_id=tech.id))
+    db.commit()
+
+    layer = build_threat_actor_layer(db, actor.id)
+
+    entry = next(t for t in layer["techniques"] if t["techniqueID"] == tech.mitre_id)
+    assert entry["name"] == tech.name
+    assert entry["status"] == "not_evaluated"
+
+
+def test_detection_rules_layer_includes_technique_name(db):
+    tech = _seed_technique(db)
+    db.add(DetectionRule(
+        mitre_technique_id=tech.mitre_id, title="Rule 1", source="sigma",
+        rule_content="title: Rule 1", rule_format="sigma",
+    ))
+    db.commit()
+
+    layer = build_detection_rules_layer(db)
+
+    entry = next(t for t in layer["techniques"] if t["techniqueID"] == tech.mitre_id)
+    assert entry["name"] == tech.name
+
+
+def test_campaign_layer_includes_technique_name(db, red_lead_user):
+    tech = _seed_technique(db)
+    campaign = Campaign(name="Test Campaign", type="custom", status="active", created_by=red_lead_user.id)
+    db.add(campaign)
+    db.flush()
+    test = Test(technique_id=tech.id, name="A test", state=TestState.validated, created_by=red_lead_user.id)
+    db.add(test)
+    db.flush()
+    db.add(CampaignTest(campaign_id=campaign.id, test_id=test.id, order_index=0))
+    db.commit()
+
+    layer = build_campaign_layer(db, campaign.id)
+
+    entry = next(t for t in layer["techniques"] if t["techniqueID"] == tech.mitre_id)
+    assert entry["name"] == tech.name