Conventional planning is often no longer sufficient.
When sensors report targets, jammers are active, drones are conducting reconnaissance, air defense requires immediate prioritization, and forces are tied up simultaneously, conventional planning reaches its limits. It is too rigid for a situation that is constantly changing.
What is a diversion, what is an attack, and why? Which signals belong together? Where are scarce resources deployed, and where are they deliberately not?
The solution: Coordination logic for modern operations.
21strategies develops a solution that transforms numerous signals into a clear tactical decision-making logic and actionable options that continuously adapt to the situation. It helps to manage unpredictability and to maintain real-time capability of action under changing conditions.
Our solution works across two complementary levels:
Preparation
Develop, test, and validate tactics and systems—in a highly realistic simulation environment with adaptive adversaries. df
Deployment
Execute coordinated, autonomous tactics with uncrewed systems under real, uncertain operational conditions—with the human always in the loop.
Both levels are powered by the same core logic—ensuring that what is tested in preparation can be deployed in operations, and that lessons from operations feed back into tactics development.
Two key applications.
Our Defense Solution addresses two of the most pressing challenges in modern operations—each demanding the same coordination logic, but in different operational contexts.
The Counter UAS challenge
Uncrewed aerial systems saturate the airspace faster than traditional defense can react. They arrive in swarms, adapt tactically, exploit gaps in coverage, and overwhelm crews and automated systems alike. In a contested operational environment, the threat is not a single drone—it is many, acting in coordination, under conditions where sensors are degraded, communications are jammed, and the window for effective counter-action narrows with every second.
Why our Defense Solution is suited for Counter UAS:
Adaptive threat assessment
The coordination logic continuously fuses incoming sensor signals into a coherent operational picture: What is a diversion, what is an attack? Which tracks belong together? Priorities shift dynamically as the situation evolves.
Machine-speed decision support
Optimal courses of action are calculated and prioritized in real time, enabling timely engagement when reaction windows are measured in seconds.
Scalable engagement coordination
From directing individual defensive assets to coordinating complex, multi-platform counter-swarm responses—the logic scales with the threat.
Resilience under degradation
Designed to operate when sensors are partial, communications are contested, and the adversary is actively trying to disrupt the decision cycle.
Human-in-the-loop Control
Operators retain authority over engagement decisions. The system handles prioritization, deconfliction, and timing—at machine speed, within operator-defined boundaries.
Ready for multi-domain Evolution
As adversaries increasingly combine aerial and maritime uncrewed systems into coordinated swarms, the platform-agnostic architecture extends naturally beyond pure air defense.
What this enables
Rapid classification, prioritization, and coordinated neutralization of UAS threats in operational environments—reducing cognitive load and reaction time, and making sustained defense feasible even under saturation pressure.
The Maritime Swarming challenge
At sea, distances are vast, communications are contested, and decision windows are narrow. Coordinated swarms of uncrewed surface and subsurface vessels can project effects across wide areas—but commanding many systems simultaneously under uncertainty, jamming, and adversary reaction exceeds the capacity of manual control. The challenge grows further when uncrewed aerial systems are integrated into the mix, extending the swarm across domains and demanding coordination that no single-domain controller can provide.
Why our Defense Solution is suited for Maritime Swarming:
Coordinated multi-domain behavior
The coordination logic translates mission objectives into synchronized, role-based behavior across numerous uncrewed platforms—surface, subsurface, and aerial. Because it is platform-agnostic, it integrates USVs, UUVs, and UAVs into one coherent operational picture.
Robustness under uncertainty
Dynamic situations, degraded communications, and adversary actions are continuously processed. Roles switch, forces redirect, and priorities adapt—autonomously, yet within operator-defined boundaries.
Effect-level command
Operators command the swarm’s mission and desired effects, not individual platforms. A small crew can coordinate a large, dispersed, multi-domain force.
Open, modular Integration
Existing uncrewed systems can be retrofitted via our platform-independent approach. No vendor lock-in, no proprietary dependency—fitting seamlessly into Modular Open Systems Architectures.
Cross-domain Synergy
Surface, subsurface, and aerial assets are not merely co-deployed—their behaviors are coordinated to create combined effects that exceed the sum of individual platforms.
What this enables
Tactically versatile, coordinated deployment of maritime uncrewed systems across domains—maximizing coverage, persistence, and effect while keeping operators focused on decisions that matter.
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Our Defense Solution makes the difference.
Emergent behavior, resilient under enemy pressure
Our logic produces tactically sound behavior that adapts to the unscripted adversary. Designed to operate under adversarial interference—and still deliver coordinated, traceable behavior.
From preparation to deployment — one coherent logic
Tactics developed and validated in simulation transfer directly into operational use. Lessons from operations feed back into development. No gap between training and reality.
Trusted autonomy with human Control
The system operates autonomously within clearly delineated safety boundaries — with the human always in the loop. It keeps delivering tactically sound and traceable behavior for the Operator.
ITAR-free, interoperable and MOSA-ready
Our solution is scalable, and ready for the upcoming transition toward MOSA. Platform-independent, aligned with multinational interoperability standards—a building block for European sovereignty.
Coordination logic for modern operations.
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