DEVCOM ARL FY22 Industry Autonomy Technology Assessment Final Report on Security and Mobility

Forces that will conduct missions for extended periods in expeditionary situations require technologies that are mobile, robust, and have sufficient autonomy to increase team effectiveness. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory solicited solutions from industry that demonstrate autonomous mobility and autonomous security in operationally relevant scenarios.

Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

During July 18-22, 2022, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, three companies, and numerous attendees from other government organizations gathered at the Robotics Research Collaboration Campus (R2C2) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to demonstrate and evaluate ground robotics technologies with capabilities for protecting operating areas, personnel, and infrastructure in numerous types of environments and situations during its first ever Industry Autonomy Technology Assessment (IATA) event. This event reflects DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory's commitment to collaborate in robotics research with academia, industry, and other government organizations.

The purpose of the IATA is to inform Army modernization efforts through innovation, discovery, demonstration, and experimentation of autonomy technologies and to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter. It provides an operationally relevant environment and problem set that enables technology developers to demonstrate new technologies and apply existing technologies in innovative ways. It also provides a means for the government to assess and provide feedback on performance of technologies for known gaps and emerging needs. The primary objective of the IATA is to identify and assess technologies that can accelerate solutions relevant to Army modernization priorities. The IATA presented an environment to examine and understand Army challenges and provide assessment data to participants on how their technologies address the challenges.