Structured Phase-0 exercises with receipts, preserved evidence, and controlled end states.
AURORA™ · Government Transition
Authority-Governed Execution for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
AURORA™ — Autonomous Unified Risk-Oriented Response Architecture — separates what a machine can do from what it may do. BLOCK VECTOR has already demonstrated the governing architecture virtually; funded transition moves that proven architecture into customer-specific physical systems and mission environments.
BLOCK VECTOR has already proven the governing architecture virtually. Government funding transitions it into mission-specific physical systems.
Cross-platform execution demonstrated across heterogeneous virtual resources.
Capability declaration does not confer mission authority; authorization remains explicit and governed.
Integrated architecture validated in a laboratory environment; physical mission integration is the next transition step.
Phase-0 Evidence
Demonstrated before customer funding.
AURORA Phase 0 established the generic authority/execution architecture before customer-specific integration. Selected results below illustrate the evidence base behind the transition proposition.
Disconnected authority contraction and reconciliation
Demonstrated permitted continuity, refusal, timing-conflict handling, recovery, and reconciliation during disconnected operation.
Cross-platform executor loss and substitution
Preserved the same logical job through executor failure and moved execution to an eligible alternative resource.
Capability selector to five eligible targets
One selector resolved five eligible execution targets and returned 5/5 authenticated results.
Project-level autonomous management
Managed four concurrent jobs under one project directive with zero device-level commands after start, 21 autonomous decisions, and executor-loss reassignment.
Evidence posture: Formal proof records are supported by machine-readable receipts, authenticated results,
SHA-256 evidence manifests, preserved attempt chains, and controlled end states. Additional proof material can be provided
to Government reviewers and prospective partners on request.
Physical Integration Boundary
The AURORA worker is the device boundary.
AURORA does not need to understand every downstream device protocol. The customer or OEM retains responsibility for the local control path. The AURORA-facing worker exposes authenticated capability information upward while mission authority determines whether that capability may be used.
AURORA Domain
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Mission / Task Authority
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AURORA Edge Worker
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Customer / OEM Interface
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Device / Subsystem
What the local system CAN do
The worker advertises authenticated capability without granting permission to use it.
What the mission MAY do
AURORA evaluates current authority, policy, eligibility, and state before consequential execution.
How the device actually executes
CAN, serial, GPIO, Ethernet, vendor APIs, proprietary firmware, and other implementation details remain below the boundary.
Funded Transition
What funding buys next.
Customer funding does not repeat the virtual feasibility work. It transitions the proven generic core into representative physical systems, mission interfaces, constrained networks, and customer-specific validation.
Virtual AURORA
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Heterogeneous SBCs
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Compliance Boundary
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Supplier Equipment
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Mission Demonstration
Distributed cyber defense and reconstitution
Transition focus: heterogeneous compute, intermittent authority, constrained communications, recovery/reconstitution, and provenance.
Governed capability sharing across mobile domains
Transition focus: tactical IP/MANET environments, mobile C2, compute, sensing, communications, maintenance, and substitution.
Heterogeneous shipboard computing and serviceability
Transition focus: legacy workload abstraction, hardware substitution, maintenance, and higher-level autonomous resource management.
Reviewer Package
Public first. Deeper evidence on request.
Public material establishes technical maturity, architectural boundaries, and mission fit. Program-specific briefs, selected proof records, receipts, and implementation detail can be prepared for active Government review when appropriate.
Publications & DOI Record
Published work on authority, refusal, resilience, evidence, and dependable autonomous systems.
Selected formal proof record
Proof summaries, measured outcomes, authenticated receipts, and evidence packages supporting demonstrated capabilities.
Mission-specific review package
Program-specific feasibility briefs and integration material can be prepared for active solicitations and technical exchanges.
Reviewer / Partner Registration
Register for AURORA technical review.
Use the existing BLOCK VECTOR registration workflow to request evidence, a written technical exchange, mission-integration discussion, or program-specific material. Please do not submit classified, export-controlled, source-selection-sensitive, procurement-sensitive, or other restricted information through this public form.
AURORA Review Request
Technical Status
AURORA Phase-0 evidence establishes feasibility of the generic authority/execution architecture in laboratory environments. Mission-specific integration, platform qualification, customer acceptance, OEM certification, and field deployment are funded transition activities unless separately demonstrated.