Network-centric Warfare Technology

FY2025 accomplishments - Initiated studies focusing on supply chain networks, production, and logistics. - Created technical exchange forums with industry, Department of War (DoW), and inter-agency partners. - Initiated experiments to identify candidate processes for DoW and industrial base productivity improvement. - Conducted analytic comparison of industrial base productivity experimentation in relation to DoW operational concepts. - Conducted technology demonstration efforts to support transition objectives. - Initiated data production efforts through modeling and simulation environments to inform transition partners resource allocation decisions.

FY2025 accomplishments - Developed initial framework for the quantitative benchmark. - Developed ethical and complex scenarios for benchmarking Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS). - Developed synthetic data in various sensor modalities. - Enhanced the generative environment to be capable of rapidly generating synthetic scenes and scenarios. - Developed initial Autonomous Readiness Levels criteria for AWS and mission use cases.

FY2025 accomplishments - Researched and designed initial semantically correct protocol reducing technologies. - Began researching initial integration into existing Service-specific systems.

FY2025 accomplishments - Completed the design and conducted testing of the 1/20 scale demonstrator. - Initiated design, fabrication, and conducted initial subassembly testing of the motor risk reduction assembly for the quarter scale demonstrator system. - Conducted detailed design for the APEX full and quarter scale designs and purchased long-lead items. - Initiated development of a quarter scale demonstrator article to prove mechanical design. - Conducted subsystem modeling, simulation, and analysis activities. - Initiated the development, building, and testing of the quarter scale demonstrator article subsystems.

FY2025 accomplishments - Identified key policy and legal issues to be addressed by the program. - Cultivated a community of interest for potential military users and the identified business case for transition.

FY2025 accomplishments - Performed initial design work and engineering analysis. - Completed a conceptual design review for the systems. - Initiated detailed design and testing work for the systems.

FY2025 accomplishments - Conducted Critical Design Review of prototype acoustic projector payloads prior to at-sea testing. - Conducted in-water test to verify prototype system performance and modeling efficacy. - Conducted in-water node integration test to verify combined performer node functionality. - Selected prototype payloads for further development based on performance against metrics in in-water testing. - Conducted IV&V to verify performer updates to simulations, hardware and waveforms based on lessons learned from initial in-water testing.

FY2025 accomplishments - Completed at-sea test spirals demonstrating increased performance against payload objectives. - Demonstrated the achievability of program objectives.

FY2025 accomplishments - Developed formulations and fabrication methodologies for U3DCP. - Assessed materials for underwater printability. - Assessed functionality of novel printhead designs for U3DCP. - Demonstrated success with small scale printing of an object underwater.

FY2025 accomplishments - Completed manufacturing of demonstrator vessel. - Initiate at-sea demonstrations.

FY2025 accomplishments - Conducted at-sea demonstration of key subsystems. - Completed full-scale vehicle and key subsystems.