The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $94.7 million, five-year contract to DCS Corp. to develop advanced tools for predicting the effects of weapons and sensing technologies in future military operations.
The contract, announced by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, supports the Assessment of Sensing-Autonomy Sensor Exploitation Technologies (ASSET) program.
“This contract provides the Air Force with comprehensive tools to model, analyze, assess, and predict mission-level effects based on sensor performance obtained empirically or through modeling, simulation, and analysis across multiple domains to include air, ground, space, and cyber,” the Department of War said.
By building virtual representations of aircraft, ships, communications networks, and adversary behavior, researchers can simulate scenarios to assess effectiveness, manage risk, and guide investment decisions before systems are deployed.
ASSET also advances multi-domain sensing autonomy — systems capable of perceiving and acting across air, land, sea, space, and cyber environments with limited human input.
The effort is expected to enhance strike, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, while delivering faster, data-driven decision support to warfighters.