Autonomy was impossible to miss at last week’s AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. Radeus Labs’ new Sales Director, Paulino Soto, and Computing Account Executive Clay Moore were among the attendees as the Army signaled that autonomous systems are moving from experimentation to fleet deployment, fast.
The show was one of Paulino’s first since joining Radeus Labs, and a chance to reconnect with familiar faces across the defense community and introduce them to his new team.
For Clay, the show made one thing clear. “Everywhere you turned, someone was showing a platform that could operate on its own,” he said. “The bigger question for us is what it takes to get that computing onto real vehicles and keep it running for the life of a program.”
Tens of thousands of attendees filled the halls, and demand for face time was so high that many teams booked meetings in nearby buildings.
Clay met with Leidos and the Missile Defense Agency’s small-business team to learn more about how major contracts reserve work for small businesses. Paulino connected with Lockheed Martin’s aviation team, where autonomous helicopters and other platforms underscored how quickly autonomy is becoming part of the defense landscape.
“Everybody is moving into unmanned vehicles,” Paulino said. “Autonomy is the big push, and it’s all AI-driven.”
The Army backed the autonomy on display with deadlines. An October 1 memo from Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle directs autonomy into at least six types of formations (from aviation and armor to sustainment and training) with initial capabilities fielded by fiscal year 2028.
Telle used the opening AUSA ceremony to announce a Manufacturing Rodeo for early 2027: a competitive stress test of the industrial base intended to reveal where production capacity and supply chains may fail under pressure.
For companies developing autonomous systems, the message is clear. A 2028 fielding timeline compresses the work of proving a platform, integrating its compute stack, and creating a repeatable production baseline that can be sustained over years.
Most autonomous systems are built in two stages: first, prove that the platform can perform the mission; then, establish a production baseline that later systems must match closely enough for the original testing to remain valid.
The Army’s timeline puts pressure on both stages, and the computers inside those systems will feel it first.
Radeus Labs designs and builds custom, rugged AI servers, workstations, and high-density, low-power servers. We work with integrators and OEM engineers on configuration from day one, then provide configuration management, legacy-system replacement, and U.S.-based engineering support across the lifecycle.
Our 25-year partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical on unmanned-aircraft ground-control stations shows what lifecycle support can look like in practice.
For Clay, AUSA reinforced how tightly these requirements fit together. “Autonomy, edge compute, power, legacy integration, they’re all connected,” he said. “That’s the conversation we want to be part of.”
From October 27 to 29, find Radeus Labs at Booth #615 at the International Telemetering Conference (ITC 2026) in Glendale, Arizona. ITC brings together the telemetry community around the systems, data, infrastructure, and people that support demanding test and mission environments.
At Booth #615, meet CEO Juliet Correnti, Senior System Architect Andrew Correnti, Clay Moore, and SATCOM Account Manager Oliver Burns. The team will be showcasing Radeus Labs thin clients, servers, and antenna control systems built to support LEO, MEO, and GEO operations under real-world conditions, backed by U.S.-based engineering support.
Here is where you can find the Radeus Labs team during the show:
Stop by Booth #615 to connect with the team, explore Radeus Labs computing and antenna-control systems, and enter the LEGO® drawing. You can also schedule a meeting to meet the team at ITC 2026 →