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.
What nonlethal and intermediate force capabilities can be integrated into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and be ready for demonstration by the first quarter of 2026?
Can models or example models of Autonomous Ground Vehicle Reference Architecture (AGVRA) model-based systems engineering (MBSE) work products be provided?
Are there any service/government-funded laboratories currently developing hardened (anti-jam/anti-spoof) positioning, navigation, and timing and/or Global Positioning System packages for small unmanned aircraft systems?
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