Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence Test
Abstract
Unmanned and autonomous systems support every domain of warfare -- operating in space, in air, on land, on the sea surface, undersea and in subterranean conditions to support a vast variety of missions. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings a host of revolutionary capabilities that will profoundly influence warfare. The UAST project addresses current and emerging challenges associated with the test and evaluation (T&E) of unmanned systems, particularly in testing autonomy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. As such, the UAST project is developing test technologies to simulate, stimulate, instrument, measure, and assess an autonomous system’s ability to perceive its environment, process information, adapt to dynamic conditions, make decisions, and effectively act on those decisions in the context of mission execution. The UAST project will provide the test technologies to effectively measure performance and characterize risk, thereby increasing warfighter trust in autonomous systems and artificial intelligence tools. Current DoD test capabilities and methodologies are insufficient to address the testing of increasingly autonomous units operating in unstructured, dynamic, battlespace environments. Furthermore, advancements are being made in developing collaborating, system-of-autonomous-systems that will work in concert as a swarm or pack and in close proximity with humans. New test technologies are needed to stress the collective set of autonomous systems under realistic conditions, predict emergent behavior of autonomous systems, emulate the complex environment, and assess mission performance of these highly coupled and artificially intelligent systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 097_0603941D8Z_3_0400_PB_2020
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