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BAE Systems To Demo Autonomous Air Operations Planning Tool For Final Phase Of DARPA Program

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

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BAE Systems To Demo Autonomous Air Operations Planning Tool For Final Phase Of DARPA Program

BAE Systems is planning a large-scale demonstration later in 2019 with the Air Force to demonstrate its autonomy-enabled air mission planning capability developed in a DARPA development program. Officials said Wednesday the company received a $3.1 million deal in September to move its Distributed, Interactive, Command-and-Control Tool (DIRECT) into the final stage of DARPA’s Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment (RSPACE) program to mature the technology ahead of potential transition options with the Air Force. “We’re bringing…

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