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 (e.g. Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft - FARA) will host SCI software serving as nodes on the Integrated Tactical Network or other Army-provided 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), Mounted Computing Environment (such as MFoCS [Mounted Family of Computer Systems]), Command Post Computing Environment (such as TSI [Tactical Services Infrastructure), and future Army rotary wing aircraft (FARA and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft - FLRAA). SCI will integrate decision aiding, autonomy, and artificial intelligence improvements as they technically mature, in order to support MDO and reduce cognitive workload. Justification: Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 SCI (Universal Products) Base funding of $25.393 million will continue the development, test, and integration of improved SCI capabilities as hosted on Mission Command and manned aircraft command and control devices in accordance with the SCI Abbreviated-Capabilities Development Document (A-CDD).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0607143A_7_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding provided for the SCI Software requirements as detailed in the SCI A-CDD.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Air Launched
• Aircrafts
• Application Software
• Artificial Intelligence
• Attack Aircraft
• Cognitive Workload
• Command And Control
• Deployment
• Reconnaissance
• Reconnaissance Aircraft
• Rotary Wing Aircraft
• Small Business
• Software Development
• Tactical Networks
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• 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