Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations
Funds research into automated cyber-defence for military drones and autonomous vehicles that can detect, react to and recover from attacks.
This lump-sum grant funds research into what the programme calls autonomous cyber defence for unmanned military vehicles: the ability to monitor a drone, ground vehicle or vessel for attack, detect anomalies, react, and reconfigure or land safely to limit the damage. Central to this is a risk-evaluation engine that weighs the mission's goals, the confidentiality of onboard data, and the physical s…
This topic wants research into 'autonomous cyber defence' for unmanned military vehicles — drones, ground vehicles, and surface or underwater vessels — covering automated monitoring, detection, reaction and reconfiguration when a vehicle is attacked, plus a risk-evaluation engine that weighs data protection, mission goals and vehicle safety against each other when deciding how to respond. It targets both the cyber-physical attack surface and the sensor-driven decision-making unique to autonomous systems.
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