The Pentagon's advanced research arm is seeking industry's input to develop and demonstrate swarming autonomous platforms that can help in urban operating environments, according to a recently released draft broad agency announcement. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in its draft announcement released Jan. 27, states that the OFFensive Swarm Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET, program, is designed to "advance and accelerate elements" of swarming technologies, with a focus on swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming components. The program "seeks...
