Autonomy is not a feature you bolt on at the end. It is a property of the whole stack, and it shows up — or fails to — under conditions nobody wrote a test for.
What we mean by systems-level
A platform that performs in the lab and degrades in the field has not been engineered, it has been demonstrated. See our platforms for how we draw that line.
- Sensor fusion that survives partial loss.
- Deterministic behaviour under contested comms.
- Provenance for every decision the system makes.
The hard part was never the model. It was everything the model assumes.
Where this goes next
We are extending the same assurance work into the ground segment.