What are the implications of China’s development of aerial “drone motherships” for the U.S. military?
What are the implications of China’s development of aerial “drone motherships” for the U.S. military?
Autonomous Systems
Ground, air, or sea-launched kinetic munitions that utilize onboard sensors, algorithms, and control methods to improve estimates on the target state, understand the implications of the engagement situation/environment, or develop engagement geometries that are otherwise unavailable
to a conventional weapon.
Recent Inquiries
Are there any research and engineering projects (or established service programs) that use decentralized swarm programming (i.e., a minimal set of rules for local, agent-based interactions)?
Are there any research and engineering projects (or established service programs) that use decentralized swarm programming (i.e., a minimal set of rules for local, agent-based interactions)?
What U.S./Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance/not-releasable-to-foreign-nationals (US/FVEY/NOFORN) acoustic drone detection systems are currently available?
What U.S./Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance/not-releasable-to-foreign-nationals (US/FVEY/NOFORN) acoustic drone detection systems are currently available?
Articles
Air Force Advances Human-Machine Teaming With Autonomous Collaborative Platforms
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated a major leap in human-machine teaming, flying autonomous collaborative platforms (ACPs) alongside crewed fighter aircraft during a training event at Eglin Air Force…
DARPA to Demonstrate Revolutionary Drone Capabilities for Warfighters
Five cutting-edge unmanned aerial systems (UASs) are slated to begin flight testing later to highlight the versatility of vertical take-off and landing for UASs weighing less than 330 pounds. The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)…
Supporting Safer Skies: ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative Releases May 2025 Gaps Progress Report
To facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the availability of the May 2025 Gaps Progress Report, a vital document capturing…
Webinars
Automated/Autonomous Impacts Routing – Path Optimization Through Adverse Atmospheric Effects and Obstacles
Automated Impacts Routing (AIR) is a software system that uses a modified version of the A* algorithm by including environmental (atmosphere/terrain) effects coupled with shortest path calculations. It allows best and second-best path solutions as…
Attritable Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Conceptualization and Key Players
Air domain operations are critical to the U.S. military defense strategy. Military air domain missions use aircraft for tasks like attack; resupply; rescue; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; etc. Historically, air domain missions required manned aircraft,…
Adapted Risk Assessment for Safety Certification of AI-Enabled Mission Software Applications
As the safety functional authority for fielding materiel solutions, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Safety Office uses risk management to certify that materiel is safe when used as intended. While risk assessment processes…
Events
VERTEX
VERTEX | Launched Effects is a two-day symposium on capabilities that deploy reconnaissance, communications, electronic warfare, lethal, and other effects from air, ground, and sea systems from short to long range. This event brings together…
Future Force Capabilities Conference & Exhibition
The NDIA 2025 Future Forces Capabilities Conference & Exhibition will discuss how new technologies and capabilities will influence future military operations. The conference will provide a platform for collaboration between the defense industry and military…
2025 Special Air Warfare Symposium
Since its inception in 2022, the Special Air Warfare Symposium (colloquially known as SAWS) has evolved into a growing event for the global special operations aviation community. In the first few years of the event,…