Fiscal Year	2023
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Naval Research Program
Investigator(s)	Johnson, Bonnie W.
Sponsor	NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary	The Navy is committed to ensuring that existing and future rotary-wing aircraft meet evolving and demanding operational needs in support of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE), Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and the Tri-Service Strategy. To this end, the Navy is envisioning future hybrid operations involving piloted helicopters launching, and then coordinating with, unmanned autonomous systems (UAS). In this case, the UAS are referred to as Air Launched Effects (ALE). This project will develop and evaluate concepts of operation for ALE from existing and future rotary-wing aircraft to enable and enhance a wide spectrum of naval operations. The project will study the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligent autonomy, and human-machine teaming in support of this application.
Keywords	MH-60R, MH-60S, MQ-8B, MQ-8C, Seahawk, Fire Scout, Future Vertical Lift, Maritime Strike, FVL, FVL (MS), Air Launched Effects, Concept of Employment, ALE, ASW, USW, EW, PR, CSAR, SAR, UAV, UAS, ISR&T, SOF, NSW, DMO, Distributed Maritime Operations
Publications	Publications, theses (not shown) and data repositories will be added to the portal record when information is available in FAIRS and brought back to the portal
Data	Publications, theses (not shown) and data repositories will be added to the portal record when information is available in FAIRS and brought back to the portal