This page exists for two evaluation panels: the AFRL / Doolittle Counter-UAS Tech Showcase (DITS) and the DIU / CENTCOM EXTiC 26-2 Open Call for Technology. Every claim below resolves to a live module on this same production deployment. No slides. No mocks.
DITS asks for Find · Fix · Track · Target · Engage. The platform implements all five as an explicit state machine with human-on-the-loop authorization at every release gate. EXTiC's Vertical 4 mission thread is the same chain extended with assess/re-engage. The animation below cycles automatically; every phase links to the live module that performs it.
Both panels care about this. DITS calls it "cluttered, complex, contested." EXTiC calls it Vertical 5 "Resilience & Sustainment." It's the same problem — keep operating when the link drops and GPS lies. Built into the architecture, not bolted on.
Doolittle's submission page lists explicit criteria for candidate technologies. Here's how SHIELD/ATLAS maps, with the live receipt for each.
| DITS criterion | SHIELD/ATLAS | Live receipt |
|---|---|---|
| F2T2EA workflow against Group 1 UAS | ✓ Full Find–Fix–Track–Target–Engage as an explicit six-phase state machine with human-on-the-loop authorization. | /kill-chain-simulation |
| Cluttered, complex, contested | ✓ Native DDIL operations; offline-first sync; mesh-aware transport; nine-jammer Alt/PNT resilience model. | /gps-denied |
| User-maintainable, modular, reconfigurable, updatable | ✓ Browser-delivered; configuration-driven onboarding; continuous deployment; no per-operator install. | /onboarding |
| MOSA / Open Systems Architecture | ✓ MIL-STD-2525D, CoT, STANAG-4586/5516/4676, REST/JSON, WebSocket, SSE — all open standards, no proprietary formats required. | /cop |
| Static and mobile scenarios | ✓ Same browser delivery serves fixed-site, vehicle-mounted, and operator-portable use cases without redeployment. | /mobile-hub |
| Target-agnostic | ✓ Threat library and kill-chain logic are not tied to a specific sUAS class — fiber-tethered, FPV, swarm, conventional Group 1 all addressable. | /drone-intel |
| Software / Sensors / Effectors / Integrated Systems | ✓ Software + Integrated Systems. Native ingest from third-party Sensors and Effectors via standard interfaces — we are the connective tissue, not a competitor. | /joint-ops |
EXTiC asks technologies to align to one or more of five verticals. SHIELD/ATLAS occupies Vertical 4 (primary) and Vertical 5 (integrated), and natively consumes outputs from Vertical 1 and Vertical 2 partner vendors.
| V | EXTiC vertical | Posture | SHIELD/ATLAS contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detection & Early Warning | Supporting | Native CoT / STANAG ingest from partner sensor vendors; we are the C2 layer their hardware plugs into. |
| 2 | ISR & Target Custody | Strong supporting | Persistent track custody; STANAG-4676 exchange; substantive Alt/PNT story for UAS continuity under EW. |
| 3 | Adversarial EW & Swarm Emulation | Not addressed | Blue-side platform; we operate against Red-force pressure rather than emulate it. |
| 4 | Integrated C2 & Defeat Layer | PRIMARY | Open-arch C2, fused COP, automated cueing, kinetic + non-kinetic deconfliction, sensor-to-shooter end-to-end. |
| 5 | Resilience & Sustainment | INTEGRATED | DDIL operations, Alt/PNT resilience, mesh-aware transport, autonomous fallback within delegated authority. |
A C2 system that cannot prove what it did and why is not deployable in a peer-evaluated, contested environment. Four mechanisms address this.
Both DITS and EXTiC require explicit eligibility statements. Stated plainly:
SHIELD/ATLAS is built around the premise that autonomous systems must continue functioning when the network degrades — DDIL operations, Alt/PNT resilience, and offline-first sync are not bolted on, they are the architecture. The receipts below are independent, public-source validations of the underlying problem. They are cited here from the original public sources, not from any social-media commentary, and they describe events caused by network failure with no adversary action involved.
SHIELD/ATLAS's response to this class of failure is structural: native DDIL operations, mesh-aware transport, autonomous fallback within delegated authority, and the nine-jammer Alt/PNT model documented in /gps-denied. The platform is designed so that when the link drops — for any reason, adversary or otherwise — the operator and the autonomy keep working.
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