About the COMMANDS project

The use of Unmanned x (generic) Vehicles (UxVs) in military operations is one of the most important innovations of recent years. Undoubtedly, the use of UxVs will increase in the coming years with the massive introduction of other autonomous systems in different domains (land, air, sea) and the increase of capabilities for cooperation between systems and humans.

COMMANDS addresses the need for military unmanned ground vehicles to operate not only on controlled paved surfaces, but also in unstructured environments with degraded or denied satellite signals. It also considers communications scenarios where the development of computer-based processing technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence will provide game-changing intelligent capabilities.

In order to enable UGVs to operate in such environments and to improve their operational capabilities, new technologies need to be developed and further enabled by Computer Based Processing Technologies. Indeed, they have introduced new potential dimensions to the capabilities of modern military equipment, while maintaining ethical values in the rules of engagement.

Not only is there a need for agile operations, but it goes further. It is about being competitive and acquiring game-changing technologies.