TY  - GEN
AB  - The Dstl Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) project has played a leading role in shaping Royal Navy thinking about the integration of MAS into at sea platforms and in support of forces ashore. This paper touches briefly on the MAPLE context and the work being done to translate MAPLE research and development into an initial fielded solution under the Naval Strike Network programme, but the principle focus is on the next phase of the Dstl MAPLE 5 programme as it explores the challenges of exploiting a rapidly advancing technology base, looking beyond near term deployments and meeting MOD direction to unlock the potential of the generation-after-next. The paper explores: the integration of increasingly autonomous effectors and swarming systems and the need to consider MAS as force assets, operating across multi-national task groups and supporting new deployment patterns such as airborne crewed uncrewed teaming. As part of the ongoing MAPLE programme, the paper also will cover how international experimentation is moving beyond low level information integration to achieve a higher level interface, including recent work in Australian as part of Autonomous Warrior 22, as well as making extensive use of synthetic trials and federated facilities.
AD  - QinetiQ
AD  - QinetiQ
AD  - Dstl
AU  - Biggs, W
AU  - Astle, J
AU  - McIntyre, J
DA  - 2022-08-18
DO  - 10.24868/10677
DO  - doi
ID  - 10677
JF  - Conference Proceedings of INEC
KW  - Autonomy
KW  - Command Control
KW  - Uncrewed
L1  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10677/files/INEC_2022_paper_30.pdf
L2  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10677/files/INEC_2022_paper_30.pdf
L4  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10677/files/INEC_2022_paper_30.pdf
LK  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10677/files/INEC_2022_paper_30.pdf
N2  - The Dstl Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) project has played a leading role in shaping Royal Navy thinking about the integration of MAS into at sea platforms and in support of forces ashore. This paper touches briefly on the MAPLE context and the work being done to translate MAPLE research and development into an initial fielded solution under the Naval Strike Network programme, but the principle focus is on the next phase of the Dstl MAPLE 5 programme as it explores the challenges of exploiting a rapidly advancing technology base, looking beyond near term deployments and meeting MOD direction to unlock the potential of the generation-after-next. The paper explores: the integration of increasingly autonomous effectors and swarming systems and the need to consider MAS as force assets, operating across multi-national task groups and supporting new deployment patterns such as airborne crewed uncrewed teaming. As part of the ongoing MAPLE programme, the paper also will cover how international experimentation is moving beyond low level information integration to achieve a higher level interface, including recent work in Australian as part of Autonomous Warrior 22, as well as making extensive use of synthetic trials and federated facilities.
PY  - 2022-08-18
T1  - Integrating maritime autonomous systems (MAS) into the future force, how the UK MAPLE architecture is being developed to enable generation after next capabilities.
TI  - Integrating maritime autonomous systems (MAS) into the future force, how the UK MAPLE architecture is being developed to enable generation after next capabilities.
UR  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10677/files/INEC_2022_paper_30.pdf
VL  - INEC 2022
Y1  - 2022-08-18
ER  -