ISS Global / Insight Report
UAS, autonomy & allied interoperability
A twelve-month synopsis against the UK–US AI and Autonomy partnership
- Assessment date
- Location
- United Kingdom / United States / allied and international context
- Review period
- 26 September 2025 – 25 September 2026
- Language
- English
- Document
- 11 pages · PDF · 0.7 MB
A strategic synopsis of developments in uncrewed aerial systems, autonomy and allied interoperability over twelve months. It examines the UK–US AI and Autonomy partnership alongside operational use, demonstrations and programme announcements, with attention to human oversight, integration and assurance.
Original report cover · Open PDF ↗Scope & reporting context
Assessment dated 26 September 2026. Covers aerial and cross-domain autonomy, separating operational use from trials, procurement and programme intentions. Includes a reporting chronology, operational synthesis, harm and confidence assessment, implications for ISS Global validation and assurance workstreams, and a source register. UAS and underwater vehicles are distinguished. The synopsis does not establish autonomous target selection, weapon-release authority, universal compatibility or a procurement requirement for Dfuze, and does not present Dfuze as an autonomous mission-control system.
The complete PDF contains the report’s source register, assessments and limitations. Read those alongside any individual finding.