MINERVA
Abstract
The need to operate in a multiple domain environment against highly capable peers requires improved decision quality and reduced decision timelines. MINERVA will develop AI and Machine-Learning (ML) capabilities to improve mission planning, intelligence gathering, execution and assessment. Minerva will deliver next-generation decision aids by combining operations research with emerging AI capabilities to create learning, self-adaptive automation that supports Composite Warfare Commander's (CWC) and their staffs at the Fleet, Force and Group echelons. It will establish a DevOps environment that includes warfighter staffs in the development and integration of new capabilities. The Activity identified in Project Unit 3455 specifically addresses Advanced Technology Development in support of the MINERVA INP effort. INP investments represent game changing technologies with the potential to revolutionize operational concepts. They are disruptive in nature, as they would dramatically change the way naval forces fight. Due to high technical risk, INPs typically have long duration but have no more than three years between decision points. INPs do not develop hardware for service use, rather they prove technological and production feasibility, and show naval utility and acquisition potential. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrates INPs in relevant environments. Successful experimentation and demonstrations present the Department of the Navy with disruptive capabilities that may lead to the obsolescence of existing capabilities and acquisition programs. The Department of the Navy would have to make significant acquisition decisions to integrate the new technological capabilities into naval warfighting systems. INPs are selected by a process that involves senior leadership in the Department of the Navy. Information security concerns preclude fully detailed descriptions of project efforts, research activities, and technology development plans. Specific information on each project and activity will be provided separately to the Congressional oversight committees.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 3455_0603801N_3_1319_PB_2021
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