Resilience concepts for architecting an autonomous military vehicle system-of-systems

Abstract

Rapid advances in automation are allowing technology to replace tasks once performed by humans. Prototypes of autonomous military vehicles reveal a future system-of-systems with significant potential to positively enhance military operations. However, such a complex system of multiple autonomous vehicles will surely face perilous situations that, if the system is architected incorrectly, could doom the system. Resilience techniques exist to enable a system to face disruptions and continue operating within a specified manner; this paper explores techniques and ideas for applying resilience to such a system.