Mission systems, autonomy functions, optronics, support tools, embedded controllers, and digital interfaces must be developed and maintained under conditions that require both cyber resilience and engineering discipline.

Sensor-based defence functions are only as reliable as the perception on which they are built. Whether it is counter-UAS, force protection, reconnaissance, autonomous mobility, or optronic target acquisition and sighting systems: development teams must understand how their systems behave before physical tests are available and before costly test campaigns begin.

Protected mobility platforms must be able to perceive, interpret, and respond to their environment, even where human vision is limited and the complexity of sensor systems increases.

Military mobility is increasingly shaped by the need to move people, supplies, and critical assets across complex terrain while reducing direct exposure of personnel. Tactical vehicles must operate beyond paved roads, for example over degraded surfaces, narrow paths, mud, slopes, obstacles, and in limited visibility conditions.

In future main battle tanks and protected mobility platforms, crew protection cannot rely solely on structural armor. In the event of a mine or IED blast, the vehicle structure may protect against penetration, but the crew may still be exposed inside to extreme accelerations, vertical impact, and uncontrolled load transfer.