From Isolated Platforms to Collaborative Autonomy: Architecting Mission-Ready Systems at Scale

Traditional unmanned systems were not designed to scale. Brittle architectures, constrained bandwidth, and GPS-denied environments make it difficult to coordinate teams of autonomous systems effectively. As unmanned systems expand across air, land, sea, and undersea domains, the traditional one-operator, one-platform model becomes increasingly unsustainable. Operators must be able to assign high-level intent—not pilot every vehicle individually.

The future of defense autonomy will not be defined by a single drone, vessel, or robot operating alone. It will be defined by how effectively autonomous systems share information, coordinate decisions, and adapt as a team.

In this webinar, we will explore the architectural foundations required for collaborative autonomy at the edge. We’ll examine how a data-centric approach—leveraging the Data Distribution Service (DDS)—enables real-time data sharing, decentralized decision-making, and interoperability across heterogeneous platforms, applications, and communication networks—even in contested and bandwidth-constrained environments.

Who Should Attend?

This session is designed for developers building next-generation autonomy stacks, system architects designing distributed mission systems, and program leaders responsible for moving autonomous capabilities from prototype to deployment.

What You Will Learn:

We will outline practical design considerations for building autonomous teams and multi-platform systems that are:

• Interoperable: Share data and coordinate operations across different platforms, applications and vendors.
  
• Resilient: Continue operating despite degraded or intermittent connectivity and changing mission conditions.
  
• Scalable: Transition smoothly from early prototypes to larger, operationally deployed systems.
  
• Adaptable: Support new platforms, capabilities, and mission requirements without redesigning the entire system.

Join us to gain a clear understanding of the infrastructure needed to transition from isolated autonomous platforms to coordinated, mission-ready teams.

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