Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development

Abstract

This program develops and demonstrates technologies to enhance Airman performance and effectiveness in the aerospace force. State-of-the-science advances are made in warfighter training, warfighter system interfaces, directed energy bioeffects, deployment and sustainment of warfighters in extreme environments, and understanding and shaping adversarial behavior. The Directed Energy Bioeffects Parameters project develops, demonstrates, and transitions technologies to predict, evaluate, and mitigate the effects of directed energy on personnel and mission performance, and exploits the offensive capabilities of directed energy systems. The Human Dynamics and Terrain Demonstration develops, demonstrates, and transitions technologies to sustain airman performance in adverse operational and/or training environments, monitor and mitigate in-flight unexplained physiological events, and prevent human performance related mishaps through real-time monitoring and mitigation—particularly through highly automated or autonomous systems. The Mission Effective Performance project develops, demonstrates, and transitions advanced training, simulation, mission rehearsal, and other performance-aiding methods and technologies to enhance warfighter readiness. The Warfighter Interfaces project develops, demonstrates, and transitions technologies to revolutionize the way airmen synergistically use Air Force systems, including autonomous machines and adaptive teams of airmen and machines. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T) Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. In the FY 2021, the Air Force is consolidating its existing thirteen Advanced Technology Development (ATD), Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), Budget Activity 03 (BA 03) PEs into five new capability focused RDT&E BA 03 PEs to better align with the Air Force Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy signed by the SECAF in April 2019. This consolidation will improve and accelerate delivery of integrated transformational, multidisciplinary, collaborative technology solutions necessary to enable new Air Force warfighting capabilities that support the National Defense Strategy. This new structure will provide the Air Force and Congress with a clearer understanding and increased transparency of integrated technology solutions and demonstrations key to enabling the Air Force future force design. In FY 2021, the entirety of Project 635323, Directed Energy Bioeffects Parameters, and Project 635324, Human Dynamics and Terrain Demonstration, will be transferred from PE 0603456F, Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development, to PE 0603030F, AF Foundational Development/Demos. In FY 2021, the entirety of Project 635325, Mission Effective Performance, will be transferred from PE 0603456F, Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development, to PE 0603034F, Persistent Knowledge, Awareness & C2 Tech. In FY 2021, Project 635327, Warfighter Interfaces, non-Vanguard efforts and activities will be transferred from PE 0603456F, Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development, to PE 0603034F, Persistent Knowledge, Awareness and C2 Tech. Skyborg Vanguard activities under this Project will be consolidated and transferred in FY 2021 from PE 0603456F, Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development, to PE 0603032F, Future AF Integrated Technology Demos, Project 630320, Air Force Vanguards. All these transfers detailed above are part of the Air Force RDT&E BA 03 PE consolidation in order to realign technology areas to better support the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Future Operating Concept and Air Force S&T Strategy, April 2019. This is an administrative realignment and not a new start. This work will continue to be executed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Airman Systems Technology Directorate located in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver science and technology capabilities. The use of program funds in this PE would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0601102F, 0602102F, 0602201F, 0602202F, 0602203F, 0602204F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, 1206601SF, and 0602298F. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0603456F_3_3600_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in FY 2019 in Other Adjustments of $2.755 million is due to realignment of funds to PE 0602212F to support Research and Development Projects, 10 U.S.C. Section 2363, an amendment to PL 110-417, 10 U.S.C. Section 2358 and 10 U.S.C. 2805(d)(1)(B). Decrease in FY 2021 is due to the following: 1) Entirety of Project 635323, Directed Energy Bioeffects Parameters, and Project 635324, Human Dynamics and Terrain Demonstration, transferring to PE 0603030F, AF Foundational Development/Demos. 2) Project 635327, Warfighter Interfaces, non-Vanguard efforts and activities transferring to PE 0603034F, Persistent Knowledge, Awareness and C2 Tech. 3) Skyborg Vanguard activities under Project 635327, Warfighter Interfaces, transferring to PE 0603032F, Future AF Integrated Technology Demos, Project 630320, Air Force Vanguards. These transfers in FY 2021 are part of the Air Force RDT&E BA 03 PE consolidation in order to realign technology areas to better support the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Future Operating Concept and Air Force S&T Strategy, April 2019.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Air Force Facilities
• Air Force Research Laboratories
• Artificial Intelligence Software
• Cognitive Workload
• Command And Control
• Computational Science
• Computer Languages
• Department Of Defense
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Human-Machine Systems
• Neural Networks
• Situational Awareness
• Test And Evaluation
• Three Dimensional
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Directed Energy
• Space