Possible A-MMPACT Payloads
Autonomous Multi-Mission Planner and
Control Tool (A-MMPACT)
The A-MMPACT involves a Phase I contract to investigate the ability to select an appropriate militarized payload for dispatch to a heterogeneous target array. Given a variety of various targets types (e.g. small arms, armored convoy, machine gun, etc.), A-MPPACT algorithms access their modular payloads to autonomously determine the appropriate payload mix and plan of attack. Once the payload and platforms are selected, A-MMPACT autonomously carries out a mission with man in-the-loop oversight for final delivery of effects on target.
Multi-Mission Planner and Control Tool (MMPACT)
Kutta was awarded a Phase I and Phase II SBIR grant to develop and demonstrate a lethal hunter/killer small unmanned aerial system. In the Phase II effort, Kutta developed a controller that utilizes a small, long-endurance, fixed-wing UAS (MLB's BAT 3) for Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) operations. Once targets of interest are determined from the real time EO/IR video feed, the operator taps on the video screen to geo-reference the target on a 2D or 3D map. A JPEG photograph is then transferred to Picatinny Arsenal's CDAS network were it is analyzed. Once the commander at CDAS determines the targets for attack, the target information is relayed to Kutta's weaponized rotorcraft air-vehicle ground control station. The weaponized platform (Modified Neural Robotics Rotorcraft UAS) is autonomously dispatched (take-off and landing) to the target and waits for final approval from the operator to engage the target. When a weapon engagement is authorized, the weapon is fired from the airborne rotorcraft—all while maintaining stable flight. Once the mission is complete, the UAS autonomously returns to a designated landing site and auto-lands