SWARM COHESION AND FORMATION CONTROL

 The U.S. Army's Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course (UALC) represents a critical advancement in military drone training, launched in August 2025 at Fort Rucker, Alabama. This three-week intensive program addresses the urgent need to standardize small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) training across the force, particularly in response to battlefield innovations demonstrated in Ukraine and other modern conflicts. The course trains soldiers in First Person View (FPV) drone operations, fire support integration, and additive manufacturing of drone components. With 28 participants in its inaugural class, UALC serves as both a resident training program and the foundation for mobile training packages to be deployed across Army units.

SCF000 - Swarm Cohesion and Formation Control - Research Questions
SCF001 - Distributed Control Architecture
SCF002 - Consensus Algorithms
SCF003 - Communication Protocols
SCF004 - Formation Control Systems
SCF005 - Behavioral-Based Control
SCF006 - Electronic Warfare
SCF007 - Dynamic Threat Response
SCF008 - Heterogeneous Swarm Management
SCF009 - Model Predictive Control
SCF010 - Game Theory Applications
SCF011 - Machine Learning Integration
SCF012 - Cross-Cutting Research Areas
SCF013 - Emerging Technologies