This task request is a continuation and extension of one originated under the Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC) Other Transaction Agreement (“predecessor task request”), in coordination with the Joint Services (JS) Unmanned Ground Systems (UGS) Integrated Product Team (IPT), comprised of DoD stakeholders in the robotics community. The ongoing goal of this project is to prototype an open DoD software architecture for a common controller that operates tactical air and ground RAS. The consortium members selected to participate in this task request, with the support of the Community of Interest (COI) formed under the predecessor task request which continues to remain open/accepting of new members, will develop the prototype, open, common controller software architecture and create an initial instantiation that can effectively control more than one platform and is hardware agnostic.