LandX23 - target acquisition and engagement

LandX is the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment’s (FFI’s) yearly two-week collaborative event focusing on experimental technologies in the land domain. LandX23 was its fourth edition. Over the years, the complexity of the LandX experiments has gradually increased, starting with Situational Awareness (SA) in 2020, going into Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) in 2021 and including military personnel and Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) in 2022. This year included effectors in addition to the previous themes. LandX23 featured several projects and many different systems developed at FFI, including: • technologies for increased situational awareness for unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)- operators, and a safety-approved mobility emergency stop over IP networks as well as secure communication between the UGV and its operator. • technologies for remotely operated distributed sensor networks. • a prototype multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, including C-UAS. • a synthetic prototyping testbed to enhance system development, train personnel or develop operational concepts. • networked lightweight and low-cost passive RF sensor for SA in the electromagnetic spectrum. • a light short-range anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). In this report, we describe each of the activities that was part of LandX23 in more detail. There is also a comprehensive description of the demonstration at the end of this report.