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Autonomous Aircraft Experimentation
Our Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office’s Rapid Dragon is taking palletized munitions to the next level. Watch to learn more about how this system is testing the feasibility and operational advantages of airdropping long-range, palletized munitions form exiting airlift platforms. Lockheed Martin courtesy video, shown at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber (ASC) Conference.
SUCCESS STORIES
GRASSHOPPER
A cost-efficient, air-dropped, autonomously-navigated glider that delivers material to operators on the ground.
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AERRES
The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office’s App Enabled Rapidly Reprogrammable EW/EMS Systems (AERRES) experiment is focused on enhancing electronic warfare (EW) capabilities to make them more flexible and adaptable against modern EW threats.
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GLOBAL LIGHTNING
Global Lightning is a prototyping and experimentation campaign to provide reliable, secure satellite communications to both stationary and mobile users.
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AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENT (AAx)
The Autonomous Aircraft Experiment is an Integrated Capabilities Directorate (RS) campaign that has helped shape the investment strategy and transition decisions for the Skyborg Vanguard and the Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) autonomy program of record.
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PreVAIL
PreVAIL is an AI/ML toolbox that enables the state-of-the-art for satellite-based tracking capabilities by investigating a novel approach to automated target detection and recognition (ATD/ATR) using a novel neural network and predictive traffic analysis.
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GLADIATR
The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office evaluated low-cost, high-technology-readiness-level capabilities that could provide near-term air defense against cruise missiles.
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NASAMS EXPERIMENTATION
The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office evaluated low-cost, high-technology-readiness-level capabilities that could provide near-term air defense against cruise missiles.
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Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA)
The Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA) is an aircraft conceived by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and developed in conjunction with DZYNE Technologies Incorporated (DZYNE).
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THE INTEGRATED WARFIGHTING NETWORK: EDGE CONNECT
The Integrated Warfighting Network (IWN) is a technical architecture developed by the DAF Chief Architect’s Office (CAO) and partners to enable secure, flexible, robust, and resilient communications at the tactical edge and across the enterprise for the USAF and USSF.
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ORACLE FAMILY OF SYSTEMS
Oracle is a spacecraft developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, to demonstrate the technologies the United States Space Force will need to detect and track space objects, both artificial and natural, at lunar distances and beyond (a range of 385,000 km).
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RAPID DRAGON
Rapid Dragon is the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) office’s Palletized Effects campaign that explores the feasibility and operational advantages of airdropping palletized effects from existing airlift aircraft (C-130 and C-17) without requiring modifications to the aircraft.
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NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE – 3 (NTS-3)
NTS-3 builds on the legacy of NTS-1 and NTS-2, which were launched in the 1970’s, and it will push the boundary of today’s space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology to pave the way for a more robust, resilient, and responsive architecture for satellite navigation (SATNAV) technology.
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