Summary
Commercial drone technology is advancing rapidly, providing cost-effective and robust capabilities for a wide variety of missions.
The Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program aims to enhance commercially available and stock military drones by adding an autonomy subsystem to increase the drone’s capability. This would render ineffective adversaries’ electromagnetic countermeasures intended to disrupt communication links between operator and drone to abort missions and cause crashes.
The single-phase program is divided into two technical areas:
- A drone-autonomy adapter interface
- Mission-specific autonomy software
REMA is focused on delivering autonomy without being tied to a specific drone design. The program is using accelerating spirals of development to field new capabilities at the speed of tactical relevance, repeatedly providing new and improved autonomy for direct transition.