# Air-Launched Effects **Entity class:** Networked aviation capability family **Aliases:** ALE ## Definition **Air-Launched Effects** are uncrewed systems or payload-bearing effects launched from aircraft and networked to perform sensing, reconnaissance, targeting, communications, decoy, assessment, or other missions in contested environments. ## Relationships - **portfolio:** [[wiki/Future Vertical Lift|Future Vertical Lift]]. - **experiment:** [[wiki/Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event|Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event]]. - **network functions:** [[wiki/Mesh Network|Mesh Network]], autonomy, reconnaissance, and [[wiki/Sensor-to-Shooter Loop|Sensor-to-Shooter Loop]]. - **collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Army — Air-Launched Effects agreements, August 24, 2020](https://www.army.mil/article/238438/army_awards_air_launched_effects_agreements_in_support_of_future_vertical_lift)