Swarming the High Seas

As global threats evolve and strategic competition grows, the U.S. defense community is pushing to integrate autonomous systems that can move faster, think smarter, and operate with greater resilience across domains. From unmanned maritime systems to AI-fueled logistics platforms, these tools are increasingly viewed as critical for distributed operations and faster decision-making in contested environments.

This webcast brings together defense leaders advancing autonomy from lab to field. Speakers will discuss how emerging systems are shaping new operational concepts, the results of ongoing field experiments, and what it takes to move promising capabilities into programs of record. The conversation will also tackle hurdles to widespread integration including data interoperability, testing and evaluation, and acquisition reform to help the U.S. military scale autonomy across the joint force.