Unmanned Autonomous System (UAS) Technologies Launched From Manned Aircraft
Can you identify UAS technologies that can launch from a manned aircraft, is cost-effective, attritable, or recoverable, and allows quick integration of new technologies?
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
Drone Swarm Command and Control (C2)
What are current drone swarm C2 capabilities for U.S. Department of Defense activities?
Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) to Detect, Deny, and Impact Various U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Domains
How can UASs be used to improve maritime domain awareness and detect and deny improvised explosive devices (IEDs)?
Articles
Aligning the Navy’s Fleet Experimentation With Capability Development
Amidst the crashing surf of a remote coastline, two U.S. Navy sailors clad in black wetsuits and protective helmets carry the MK18 Mod 1 Swordfish unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) toward the open ocean
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)…
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
2025 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier land power exposition and professional development forum in North America—and the must-attend event for anyone involved in the defense sector. With over 44,000…
2025 Undersea Warfare Fall Conference
Mark your calendars and join us on September 15 -17, 2025 for the annual conference in undersea warfare. Connect with Navy leaders, defense experts, and industry professionals to gain cutting-edge insights into the latest advancements…
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…