Attachment 2_Industry Day Request for Information Survey.xlsx

Survey v2 Introduction:

The conflict in Ukraine has clearly demonstrated the ability of unmanned systems at increasingly lower echelons of employment to be highly effective in different roles from intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, and strike actions by both partners and potential near peer adversaries.

The Army is looking to develop knowledge of innovative ways to employ lethal and non-lethal effects delivery capabilities from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from the Brigade Combat Team to the squad Level. Conflict in the EUCOM Area of Responsibility has demonstrated technology used in new ways by partners and potential near peer adversaries. The US industrial base must be ready to rapidly respond and provide capability forward to US service members.

The Army is interested in exploring a spectrum of kinetic delivery options to include unmanned aerial systems with built-in kinetic capability or those UAS that can be retrofitted with munition carry/release capabilities. The Army is analyzing the loitering munitions (LM) market and adjacent markets to identify readily available options for the purposes of rapid unit-level experimentation in an operational environment. Problem Statement: What is the problem that needs to be solved?

US Soldiers need the fire power capability from the squad to brigade level to employ lethal capability via UAS to increase Soldiers’ safe standoff distance from enemy forces while increasing the general situational awareness that unmanned systems offer our formations. There is likely no single solution to this problem and the Army will need a mixture of capabilities that suit light/SOF and mounted (Stryker/mechanized) formations from the squad to, potentially, the brigade level. The target sets will likely be a mixture of adversary vehicles and troops. This capability must use existing network capability resident within the Army and DoD. Options for control or employment that include pure teleoperation or are inclusive of semi- or fully-autonomous activity for target detection, navigation, and object avoidance are acceptable. Any decision for employment of lethal effects must have a human operator in the loop. The Army also needs the option to field these capabilities to not only US forces but potentially partner nation forces if required.