Unmanned Aircraft System Universal Products

Abstract

This funding line directly aligns to the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) portfolio. Scalable Control Interface (SCI) will be the primary means of Command and Control (C2) for Future Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FUAS), to include Air Launched Effects (ALE), Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) and optionally manned rotary wing aircraft. Mission Command devices in both ground and airborne platforms will host SCI software, serving as nodes on the Integrated Tactical Network to retrieve and provide data. SCI distributes UAS capabilities by greatly increasing the number of UAS control devices available to Soldiers, Commanders, and Battle Staff. SCI provides simultaneous employment of multiple aircraft/payloads from a single control node. SCI leverages a Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) to software in order to reduce time and cost to integrate new hardware and software in response to the dynamic future operating environment. Deployment of SCI will include, but is not limited to, devices in the Mobile/Handheld Computing Environment (such as Nett Warrior) and Mounted Computing Environment (such as MFoCS [Mounted Family of Computer Systems]), and Command Post Computing Environment (such as TSI [Tactical Server Infrastructure). SCI will integrate decision aiding, autonomy, and artificial intelligence as they mature technically, in order to support MDO and reduce cognitive workload. Justification: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 SCI (Universal Products) Base funding of $0.512 million will continue the development, testing, and integration of software applications needed to address the SCI requirements that support Nett Warrior, Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS), and Tactical Server Infrastructure (TSI).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0607143A_7_2040_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Launched
• Aircrafts
• Application Software
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cognitive Workload
• Collision Avoidance
• Command And Control
• Deployment
• Human-Machine Interfaces
• Rotary Wing Aircraft
• Software Development
• Tactical Networks
• Training
• Transmitters
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• User Interface

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control