Cadets have the opportunity to work with the Theater Fires Element, Technical Integration Branch, at U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) headquarters, contributing to efforts to integrate AI-enabled platforms into existing operational systems. This experience provides exposure to high-level working groups, experimentation initiatives, and concept development efforts, offering insight into how emerging technologies are evaluated and operationalized at the strategic level.

Cadets work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District in Wiesbaden, Germany, to evaluate organizational alignment and workspace effectiveness following the district’s 2024–25 restructuring. 

As the district prepares to reoccupy the newly renovated Amelia Earhart Center, cadets assess physical workspace design, organizational integration, and change management practices. By applying systems engineering principles, they identify opportunities to enhance collaboration, operational efficiency, and overall mission effectiveness in a dynamic international environment.

This AIAD offers a focused internship with the 75th Ranger Regiment (RR) to support research, modeling, and prototyping of AI-enabled unmanned systems. 

Participants work alongside operational and technical leaders to explore how autonomous technologies can enhance situational awareness, decision support, and mission execution. Cadets gain hands-on experience with emerging concepts in human-machine teaming, multi-domain unmanned platforms, and data-driven modeling.

This immersive program is designed to expose cadets to advanced manufacturing processes and space launch operations, with a focused introduction to launch vehicles and their role in supporting National Security Space. Working alongside ULA engineers and mission integration teams, cadets will gain practical insight into precision launch operations, satellite integration, orbital mechanics, and assured access to space.

Through this experience, cadets will develop technical knowledge and analytical skills that directly inform operational decision-making as future Army officers. The program will broaden their understanding of mechanical, thermal, aerospace, and systems engineering principles, reinforcing critical competencies the Army increasingly relies upon to enable multi-domain operations.

This AIAD offers hands-on experience in the aerospace industry with opportunities in aerospace manufacturing, Lean and supply chain management, engineering, and additive manufacturing, as well as digital technologies and cybersecurity.

Cadets work with Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, to support development and analysis of the XM123 Autonomous Breaching System (ABS). The XM123 ABS provides autonomous breaching capabilities for current and future Engineer platforms, enabling maneuver units to defeat complex obstacles while removing Soldiers from the immediate area of the breach. 

This project offers cadets insight into systems engineering, acquisition processes, and autonomous vehicle integration within large-scale combat operations.