Saber Defense — Full-Spectrum R&D Master Plan

HELIX SWARM™ — UNIFIED DUAL-ROLE TECHNICAL BLUEPRINT

MARL Algorithms, R&D Sprint to Prototype & All-Swarm Build-Out. Main propulsion, AeroHydroCell™ v2.0, SNN ASIC, and the locked 5-cartridge production baseline.

Platform Specifications

Mechanical Blueprint

Airframe (Block B, Month 4–9)

Pre-woven Al-C exoskeleton (80–85% C / 15–20% Al 7075-T6). 50–80 dB EMP shielding. Block A baseline composite ships Month 1.

Wings

AeroHydroCell™ v2.0 atmospheric humidity harvesting as structural wing skin. 160–460 mW continuous. 15–38% endurance gain.

Main Propulsion

Brushless propulsion + hybrid pack. Field-coupled module is a research blueprint only — it does not draw cruise power from the ether. See Field Power.

Sensor Stack

4× EO/IR + 0.1–6 GHz RF + 16-element acoustic + 128-channel edge LiDAR. Passive, EMCON-stealth.

Effector Bay

90-second tool-less hot-swap. HE / EW / ISR-BDA / Decoy / Cyber-takeover.

Compute

16nm SNN ASIC + FPGA bridge (Phase I); 7nm ASIC Phase II. ~9 W avg, ≤6 ms latency.

Launch

Tube/canister, aerial, and Saber Catapult multiple parallel pneumatic batteries (60–70% of launches).

Mass / Wingspan

≤5 kg. 1200 mm folded for canister stowage. Range 100–300 km. Loiter 12–20 hr.

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ROLE CONFIGURATION — SAME AIRFRAME, TWO DOCTRINES

SHIELD Configuration

Persistent flying defensive web. MARL-LAC layered autonomy. Dynamic 3D self-positioning. Self-healing mesh retains >95% effectiveness at 40% node loss.

SWORD Configuration

Precision strike. Hierarchical MARL: MASAC commander + MADDPG executors. Five-cartridge bay. Instant Shield ⇄ Sword via 90-second swap.

Software / AI Stack

MARL-LAC (layered autonomy + dual rewards + twin critics)
Hierarchical MARL: MASAC commander + MADDPG executors
SNN co-processor for sub-millisecond reactive control
Continual online learning (<4 hr adaptation to novel threats)
Self-play vs. Helix Shield in 10,000+ physics twins

Manufacturing — U.S. Vertical Integration

Pre-woven Al-C exoskeleton fabrication (secured U.S. facility)
AeroHydroCell v2.0 panel integration as structural wing skin
Sensor + mesh radio installation, full PQC key provisioning
MARL policy loading (Shield + Sword), digital-twin calibration
Canister packing for tube/air-drop deployment
Warhead loading + live-fire validation at secured U.S. facility

Production targets: Y1 1,500 · Y2 7,500 · Y3 20,000 · Y4 35,000 · Y5 60,000 drones / year (multi-site Arsenal upside). BOM: ~$36K Y1 → ~$8.5K Y5 at scale.

FULL-SPECTRUM MARL ECOSYSTEM

MADDPG + MASAC power the offensive side. MARL-LAC powers the defensive side. Together they train against each other in shared digital twins — creating the most battle-hardened autonomous swarm AI in existence.

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