Research Papers & Policy Analysis

Complete Publication Record

• 01
  CARA: A Deterministic Authority Recovery Architecture for Human-Machine Authority-Gated Autonomous Systems

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18917790 · Georgetown University 2026 Patent Disclosure
• 02
  HMAA: An Operational AI Governance Engine for Real-Time Authority Computation in Autonomous Systems

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18861653 · Georgetown University 2026 Patent Disclosure
• 03
  Sensor Attestation and Trust Anchoring (SATA): A Hardware-Anchored τ-Chain Protocol for Autonomous Mission Authority: Technical Assurance Report v3.8.9

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18936251 · Georgetown University 2026 Patent Disclosure
• 04
  MAIVA: Multi-Agent Integrity Verification Architecture: Byzantine-Resilient Trust Aggregation for Autonomous Action Authorization, v5.17

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19015517 · Georgetown University 2026 Technical Report
• 05
  FLAME: Flash War Latency Architecture for Multi-Domain Escalation Control, v5.11

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19015618 · Georgetown University 2026 Patent Disclosure
• 06
  ADARA: Adversarial Deception-Aware Risk Architecture, v10.0-R12

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19043924 · Georgetown University 2026 Software
• 07
  Authority-Governed UAV Autonomy for Contested Environments: Integrating Sensor Trust Fusion, Dynamic Authority Control, and Deterministic Recovery, v1.0

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19128769 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Paper Research Project
• 08
  Authority-Governed Assured Autonomy Rover Testbed: System Architecture, Governance Design, and Reproducible Artifact Package, v1.0

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19143190 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Paper Research Project
• 09
  BLADE-EDGE: A Deterministic Governance Simulation Framework for Multi-Agent Decision Systems, v5.0.3

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19177472 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 10
  BLADE-AV Governance Node: Authority-Governed Drive-by-Wire Safety Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles, v1.0

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19232130 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Paper Research Project
• 11
  BLADE-MARITIME Governance Node: Authority-Governed Maritime Surveillance Node with Hydroacoustic, MAD, and Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion, v2.3

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19246785 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Paper Research Project
• 12
  BLADE-INFRA Governance Node: Authority-Governed Critical Infrastructure Protection Node for ICS/SCADA Systems, v6.0

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19277887 · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 13
  BLADE-SPACE Governance Node: Beam-Layer Authority for Directed Engagements, Space-Edge Node - Preliminary Design Specification

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20183269 · TRL 2-3 Preliminary Design · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 14
  BLADE-CUAS Governance Node: Authority Governance for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Under Multi-Agency Authority Structures

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20299604 · TRL 2-3 hardware / 3-4 simulation · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 15
  BLADE-AGENT-HSM: A Reference Hardware-Root-of-Trust Design and Verified Emulator for Agentic-AI Authority Governance

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20299821 · TRL 2-3 silicon / 3-4 emulator · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 16
  BLADE-SWARM Governance Node: Authority-Governed Decentralized Swarm Consensus for Byzantine-Tolerant, Contested-RF Multi-Agent Coordination

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20351198 · TRL 3-4 simulator / spec, TRL 2 testbed · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 17
  BLADE-INFRA-OT Governance Node: Authority-Governed IT/OT Bridge for Cross-Boundary OT Command Adjudication

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20342067 · TRL 2-3 hardware / 3-4 simulation · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project
• 18
  BLADE-FINANCE Governance Node: Authority Governance for Financial-Sector AI Decision Systems Under the Treasury Financial Services AI Risk Management Framework

  Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20374692 · TRL 3-4 simulation / TRL 2 hardware · Georgetown University 2026 Research Project

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• 16
  ERAM: Escalation Risk in AI-Enabled Command and Control

  SSRN · ID 6176802 2026 Policy Paper Cited 1x

  Cited in: "The Ethics of AI in U.S. Warfare." LexAI Journal, University of Toronto Law and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Students' Association (April 1, 2026). The article on decision compression in AI-enabled military command referenced the ERAM framework as Reference #4. View source article ↗
• 17
  The Governance of Velocity: Doctrine, Entanglement, and Risk in the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Era

  SSRN · ID 6083970 2026 Policy Paper
• 18
  AI-Enabled Military Decision-Making and Escalation Risk: Human-Machine Command Authority in Great Power Competition

  SSRN · ID 6082847 2026 Policy Paper Cited 1x

  Cited in: Hernandez, J. (2026). The Cascade Protocol. ISBN 979-8195946579. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20113664. Reference #36 of 36, alongside US Department of War AI Strategy (Jan 2026), King's College London, US Army War College, Harvard Law School PILAC, Lieber Institute West Point, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Atlantic Council, and NDU Press.
• 19
  Strategic Subterranean Domain Awareness: A Comprehensive Technical and Operational Evaluation of Next-Generation AI-Fused Counter-Tunnel Architectures

  SSRN · ID 6046594 2026 Policy Paper
• 20
  The Strategic Convergence: AI Has Outpaced Human Clearance Models

  SSRN · ID 5940814 2025 Policy Paper
• 21
  The Strategic Convergence: Risk-Adaptive AI for Reducing Insider Exfiltration and Improving Forensic Readiness

  SSRN · ID 5919022 2025 Policy Paper
• 22
  Strategic Assessment: The Operationalization of Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Defense Doctrine

  SSRN · ID 5909983 2025 Policy Paper
• 23
  Shadows in the Marketplace: Operational Doctrine for Project AURELIUS (AI-Driven Economic Counter-Warfare)

  SSRN · ID 5897442 2025 Policy Paper
• 24
  The Strategic Convergence: Microreactor Technology as the Foundation for AI Hyperscale Autonomy

  SSRN · ID 5867163 2025 Policy Paper
• 25
  If Snowden Were an AI: Military Defense in the Age of Autonomous Intelligence

  SSRN · ID 6186118 2026 Policy Paper
• 26
  Physics-Based Analysis of Submarine Surface Signatures: Hydrodynamic Mechanisms, Detection Theory, and Countermeasure Constraints

  SSRN · ID 6233601 2026 Policy Paper Featured

  Featured by: SSRN Community (Elsevier / Social Science Research Network), official Facebook channel (2026). Selected and shared with SSRN's global research audience by the official Elsevier-operated SSRN community page. View original post ↗
• 27
  Orbital Authority: Governance Architecture for Autonomous Space Operations

  SSRN · ID 6519544 2026 Policy Paper
• 28
  AI-Augmented Quantum Entanglement Communications for Department of Defense Operations: Capabilities, Adversarial Risks, and a Governance Architecture

  SSRN · ID 6634121 2026 Policy Paper
• 29
  Authority-Governed Drive-by-Wire Safety Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles: A Cross-Domain Governance Framework with Industry Validation

  Co-authored with Victor Lian, Lynn University

  SSRN · ID 6657819 2026 Policy Paper
• 30
  Authority Lifecycle Governance for Autonomous Systems: A Comprehensive Architecture for the Defense, Intelligence, Critical Infrastructure, Space, and Quantum-Communications Domains

  SSRN · ID 6728440 2026 Policy Paper