BAE Systems Selected to Provide Autonomy Capabilities for DARPA’s Squad X Program
02 Giugno 2020 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Squad X prime contractor Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems
a contract to provide key autonomy and artificial intelligence
capabilities that aim to advance the effectiveness of tactical
robotic air and ground vehicles and create true partnerships
between ground warfighters – Soldiers and Marines – and machines at
the small-unit level.
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DARPA’s Squad X Experimentation program
aims to demonstrate a warfighting force with artificial
intelligence as a true partner. Photo courtesy of DARPA.
The goal of DARPA’s Squad X, which is composed of the
complementary Squad X Experimentation and (the now completed) Squad
X Core Technologies programs, is to design, develop, and validate
autonomous system prototypes and equip them with novel sensing
tools and off-the-shelf technologies. The technologies aim to
increase squads’ situational awareness, while the autonomous
systems allow squads to increase their battlespace and area of
influence.
BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ research and development organization
will provide Mission Intelligence for Tactical Systems (MITS)
advanced sensor fusion, artificial intelligence, and autonomy. MITS
is highly automated and directs mobile robots and their sensor
payloads while reducing the cognitive load on its partner
warfighters. MITS fuses sensor data, constructs and shares
battlefield awareness with its human squadmates, and provides
tactical electronic and kinetic support to the squad as it
maneuvers and engages enemy positions. MITS-synthesized awareness
informs human decision making in complex, time-critical combat
situations, and directs continuous autonomous robotic tasking.
“Autonomy technology – be it in the air, space, sea, or ground
domain – is all about making better decisions faster to allow our
warfighters to more effectively execute their missions as safely as
possible,” said Chris Eisenbies, product line director of the
Autonomy, Controls, and Estimation group at BAE Systems. “We look
forward to the prospects of providing this advantage to those in
the field.”
The $3.5 million Squad X award builds on BAE Systems’ autonomy
portfolio and 20-year history pioneering autonomy technology. Work
on the Squad X program is being performed at the company’s
facilities in Burlington, Massachusetts, and Arlington,
Virginia.
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