AeroVironment used SOF Week in Tampa to announce two new additions to its AV_Halo unified mission software platform: AV_Halo INSTINCT, a next-generation autonomy framework for multi-platform uncrewed systems, and AV_Halo DETECT, an advanced radio-frequency sensing and security solution for contested and denied environments.

INSTINCT is designed for distributed, collaborative mission execution across ISR, loitering, counter-UAS, and precision strike profiles on both new and legacy platforms. DETECT provides AI-driven RF spectrum sensing and networking software, integrating with AV_Halo COMMAND to enable autonomous response based on real-time threat identification and location — including in environments where GPS and communications are degraded or unavailable.

Together, the two modules extend AV_Halo’s open-architecture ecosystem, which AV has been expanding at pace: INSTINCT and DETECT follow CORTEX and MENTOR by less than six months, and the original COMMAND, PINPOINT, and VISION modules by less than a year.

“In an era of contested communications and proliferated autonomy, advantage goes to the force that can decide and act faster at the edge,” said Chairman, President and CEO Wahid Nawabi. “INSTINCT and DETECT fundamentally change that equation, combining distributed autonomy with resilient sensing so forces can see earlier, decide with confidence, and execute in real time, even when networks are degraded or denied.”

Both capabilities are available now and can be tailored to specific platforms, sensors, and operational environments. AeroVironment was at booth 520 in the Tampa Convention Center.