Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$48,526,095

Department of Defense·Department of the Army

ACTION DATE—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_W911NF1720181_097

Award description

ARCHES: AUTONOMOUS RESILIENT COGNITIVE HETEROGENEOUS SWARMS

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In plain English

Develops autonomous cognitive swarm technology for military applications using heterogeneous robotic systems.

Sub-sectors

autonomous-systemsswarm-roboticsai-ml

Why this matters

Swarm autonomy is critical military capability for multi-agent coordination, resilience, and distributed operations without centralized control.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for edge AI processors, distributed computing hardware, and autonomous vehicle components from defense contractors.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. military swarm autonomy development directly counters China's advances in autonomous systems and coordinated drone swarms.

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Period of performance

Start

2017-09-05

End

2027-09-30

Status

activein 504 days

Recipient

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Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
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Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_W911NF1720181_097.

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