Program Summary
Future U.S. land forces are increasingly likely to face an adversary force that is overwhelmingly superior in size and armament with formidable anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) capabilities. SESU seeks to deliver system-of-systems (SoS) capabilities that could enable a small unit (~200-300 soldiers, corresponding materiel footprint, and limited rear-echelon support) to destroy, disrupt, degrade, and/or delay the adversary's A2/AD and maneuver capabilities in order to enable joint and coalition multi-domain operations at appropriate times and locations. The SESU program will focus on two technical areas: 1) Adaptive command and control (C2) that enables distributed mission planning and counter-A2/AD missions leveraging a large number of low-cost, autonomous, unmanned air and ground platforms equipped with appropriate sensors and effectors; and 2) Innovative sensors and effectors that can cooperate to destroy, disrupt, degrade, and/or delay aspects of an adversary's A2/AD capabilities.