Tycho.AI secures $2 million AFRL TACFI contract to advance maritime autonomy in GPS-denied environments
Tycho.AI secured an 18-month $2 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the TRIDENT program, advancing resilient navigation and autonomous operations in GPS-denied environments.
Evidence notes
- The 18-month Tactical Funding Increase contract from AFRL supports Tycho.AI's TRIDENT program for resilient navigation and autonomous operations.
- The work covers overland and over-water autonomy in GPS-denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited environments, including long-range ISR requirements.
- The program will mature Voyager through test flights, platform integration, autonomous waypoint traversal, multi-agent coordination, and resilient perception demonstrations.
Company context
Tycho.AI develops edge autonomy software, mission-optimized compute hardware, and uncrewed aircraft systems for GPS-denied and communications-contested environments. Its Voyager autonomy stack is designed for low-altitude, high-speed navigation and autonomous decision-making across uncrewed platforms, while Halley extends the company into Group 1 VTOL aircraft.