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.
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?
How is the U.S. Department of Defense conceptualizing the ultralow-cost unmanned aircraft system phenomenon after its widespread success in Ukraine?
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