Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA)

Agency

DARPA

Acronym

REMA

Budget

$25M (total, across multiple awards)

Phase

Spiral-challenge structure; first spiral began Dec 2023

Domain

Autonomy adapters for commercial/small military drones

• CompanyAnduril IndustriesAutonomy-first defense products company building hardware and the Lattice software platform.

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What is Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA)?

The Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program is an $25M DARPA effort, split across multiple awards, to add an autonomy subsystem to commercially available and stock military drones so they can continue a predefined mission if connection to the operator is lost. Structured in two technical areas — a drone-autonomy adapter interface and mission-specific autonomy software — REMA moved from announcement to contract awards in just 70 business days: the adapter-interface work went to Anduril and RTX, and the mission-specific autonomy software work went to Leidos, Northrop Grumman, and SoarTech. The program advances through accelerating 'spiral challenge' development cycles — starting at three-month intervals and compressing to monthly — to outpace adversary countermeasures; the first spiral began in December 2023.

Which agency runs Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA)?

Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) is run by DARPA and is also known as REMA.

What is the budget for Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA)?

Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) has a budget of $25M (total, across multiple awards), currently in its Spiral-challenge structure; first spiral began Dec 2023 phase.

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