EpiSci develops hardware-agnostic tactical-autonomy software for drone swarms, fighter aircraft, maritime tracking and battle-management command and control. Founded as EpiSys Science in 2012, it was acquired by Applied Intuition in February 2025 and continues as a wholly owned subsidiary within Applied Intuition Defense.
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EpiSci’s TacticalAI architecture combines perception, planning, control and communications modules for mission-critical autonomous systems. Its agents have flown tactical aircraft, coordinated heterogeneous aerial and maritime vehicles, and supported crewed-uncrewed teaming, cognitive sensing and battle-management workflows.
The company’s software is designed to transfer across hardware platforms and operating domains. EpiSci participated in DARPA air-combat programmes and U.S. Navy mission-autonomy demonstrations before joining Applied Intuition, which is integrating the autonomy stack with its simulation, validation and data-management tools.