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BAE Systems Developing Autonomy Technologies For Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program

BAE Systems Developing Autonomy Technologies For Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program
Soldiers use the Future Open Rotorcraft Cockpit Environment, or FORCE, simulator during a demo day in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 28 2019. (Photo: U.S. Army)

BAE Systems is working to develop autonomy technologies for the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, the company said Tuesday. The Army awarded BAE Systems $9 million in contracts to support the FVL Advanced Teaming Demonstration Program (A-Team), to include work “designed to advance manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities” for the future aircraft. “In order to combat the increasingly complex, contested, and communication-denied battlespace presented by near-peer adversaries, the U.S. Army developed the A-Team program to create an automated…

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