AUSA News: Army Searches High and Low for Aircraft Autonomy Tech

Published on October 12, 2023

The U.S. military is increasingly incorporating autonomy into its future force, with the Army focusing on human-machine integrated formations involving robots for initial enemy contact, and the Air Force developing collaborative uncrewed combat aircraft. Collaboration between services and tracking autonomy programs in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and industry investments are ongoing. One key challenge is airspace deconfliction as it becomes congested with helicopters and unmanned aircraft. Autonomy experts are working to create an "autonomy stack" for seamless integration of new techniques and numerical algorithms. Programs like IMPACT and ASTARTE show great promise in enhancing airspace deconfliction and improving agility in military operations.

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