What are the U.S. Department of Defense’s initiatives for using digital twins?
What are the U.S. Department of Defense's initiatives for using digital twins?
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
What is the most current, ready-to-deploy technology available to run autonomous logistical convoys given the conditions and geography of the Central Command Area of Responsibility? What are the benefits and risk of utilizing these autonomous systems?
What is the most current, ready-to-deploy technology available to run autonomous logistical convoys given the conditions and geography of the Central Command Area of Responsibility? What are the benefits and risk of utilizing these autonomous systems?
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Replicator Initiative
What information and documents exist for the DoD's Replicator Initiative?
Articles
UASs in the Modern Electronic Battlefield
With dominance of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum increasing in importance and U.S. military vehicles and systems being faced with an array of threats from various adversaries, control and management of the EM spectrum will determine where future battles are won or lost. Simultaneously, the use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in the battlefield for surveillance, targeting, and weapons delivery continues to rise.
Perception and Navigation Algorithms for Legged Robots
Mobile robots, equipped with wheels, tracks, or legs, are designed to move from a start location to a goal in various indoor and outdoor environments. A key area of interest is making them capable of autonomously navigating diverse environments.
DARPA Exploring Ways to Assess Ethics for Autonomous Weapons
The Autonomy Standards and Ideals with Military Operational Values (ASIMOV) program aims to develop benchmarks to objectively and quantitatively measure the ethical difficulty of future autonomy use cases and readiness of autonomous systems to perform…
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 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…
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…