Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UASs) at Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 8-9
Can you identify C-UAS systems (TRLs 8-9) for destructing or disabling kinetic attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance UASs?
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
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?
Drone Swarm Command and Control (C2)
What are current drone swarm C2 capabilities for U.S. Department of Defense activities?
Articles
Army Advances Human-Machine Integration Tests to Enhance, Fight With Combat Units
WASHINGTON — Robots integrated into Army formations can help protect soldiers and revolutionize warfare in multiple domains. “Human-machine integration forces can take on dangerous battlefield operations, including overwatch, or movement of troops to a point…
NRL Completes Development of Robotics Capable of Servicing Satellites, Enabling Resilience for the U.S. Space Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST), in partnership with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), successfully completed development of a spaceflight-qualified robotics suite capable of servicing satellites in…
AFRL Releases Video Footage of XQ-67A First Flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second generation of autonomous collaborative platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in the…
Webinars
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…
Applying the Autonomous Ground Vehicle Reference Architecture to MBSE
Utilizing model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is a key enabler for high-quality system design and application of Modular Open Systems Approach principles. The Autonomous Ground Vehicle Reference Architecture (AGVRA) provides metamodels, architectural guidelines, best practices, and…
ARL Hypervelocity Ballistic Range Experiments
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL’s) Transonic Experimental Facility (TEF) is an all-purpose research firing range that has been used to investigate propulsion, materials, flight, guidance, and terminal effects across a spectrum of launch (mechanical)…
Events
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…
2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference
Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of Department of Defense (DoD) opportunities…
3rd Annual Unmanned Systems West Conference
Join the 3rd Annual Unmanned Systems West conference this fall as they explore the capabilities and advantages unmanned systems offer to modern defense and security operations, as well as discover how uncrewed systems are enhancing…