Adaptive Distributed Aviation Asset Optimization for Operational Effectiveness

摘要

The paper describes the use of an intelligent agent associate (IAA) for management of distributed aviation assets during manin-rnthe-loop experimentation and evaluation for warfighter net-centric operations. Bell Helicopter and Applied SystemsrnIntelligence, Inc. are integrating a collaborative adaptive tasking system (CATS) into a full mission simulation evaluationrnenvironment in the Bell Helicopter Manned Unmanned Operations Capability Development Laboratory in Huntsville,rnAlabama. The IAA CATS serves to validate development and test activities which enable aviators to effectively managerndistributed aviation assets, in this example - unmanned aircraft, without impairing their performance on other flight tasks.rnThe IAA CATS enables enhanced aviator performance and mission safety and demonstrates the ability for the system tornincorporate additional knowledge bases adapted to accommodate evolving Tactic’s Techniques and Procedures (TTPs).rnAccelerated Adaptive Distributed Aviation Asset Optimization of Operational Effectiveness will show that even in complexrnsituations, the decision aiding functions provided by CATS enhance aviator performance and mission safety. The CATSrnenables human-centered requirements analysis and refinement, and acts as an integrating layer that brings together situationrnassessment, dynamic planning and procedure execution assistance to the federated helicopter systems architecture. ThernCATS system reflects the task needs of the flight crew but does not interfere with or impede the ability of the pilot to performrnwhatever actions are required during mission execution and does not add task demands to pilot workload. The influence ofrnthe CATS is to reduce net task demands on the aircrew while insuring mission success and flight safety that results inrnaviation asset management from a combat helicopter cockpit environment. The development of additional operationalrnscenarios to drive requirements specification will be evaluated over time for other applications associated with Parapublicrnand Commercial aviation asset management. Operational effectiveness and situational awareness requirements consider datarnand user interfaces, space, power and weight, real-time performance and human interaction issues. These definedrnrequirements aid in defining and documenting the evaluation criteria for the IAA CATS. Evaluation criteria considerrncollection and analysis of the measurements for both a simulator-based environment and for full flight environments.