Autonomous Multi-domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS)
Abstract
Autonomous Multi-domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS) builds on the successes of SESU (budgeted in this PE/Project) and on related Service programs to create a scalable, robust, and interoperable system-of-systems, capable of defeating adversary Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities at the theatre level. The SESU program leveraged a large number of cost-imposing, autonomous drones with a small footprint in order to degrade, disrupt, deceive, or destroy an adversary's A2/AD capabilities at the operational level. The program focused on command and control (C2) to plan and execute mission level effects (e.g., open corridors for conventional force employment) in contested environments, swarm behaviors, and control of payloads required to sense and effect. The AMASS C2 software and architecture will coordinate the operations of a heterogenous mix of autonomous air, ground, and surface assets, developed by different Services and vendors, running different swarm behavior software, with different payloads, in order to deliver distributed sensing, kinetic and non-kinetic effects, information operations, and other hybrid effects. AMASS planning and execution software will enable disparate autonomous platforms to collaborate and negotiate with each other to complete complex counter-A2/AD missions and to dynamically adapt to changes in the environment such as attrition, targeting errors, and unanticipated adversary actions, as well as changes in missions or target sets. The planned transition partners for the capability are Service Programs of Record.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 65fa17779e719bc72b91af78204c2fd4