Unmanned and Autonomous System Test
Abstract
New efforts focused on test technologies supporting the near term challenges identified in the 2013–2038 DoD Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap, such as, integrating DoD unmanned systems within the National Airspace and safely operating unmanned aerial systems within the Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFB). UAST collaborated with the Autonomy Community of Interest (COI) Test and Evaluation, Verification and Validation Working Group to ensure that UAST is investing in technologies relevant to the future of autonomous systems. The UAST project explored technologies required for T&E of emerging UAS architectures, functional components, and interfaces. The UAST project emphasized autonomy test technologies that can be integrated for use in a Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) environment within the MRTFB. UAST continued investments in robustness testing technology to detect and predict vulnerabilities and failures within UAS software. UAST continued developments to automatically predict test vehicle collision potentials and cue test range controllers to take corrective action. These technologies will also prevent the test vehicle from violating flight envelopes, range boundaries, and warning areas. UAST initiated an effort to develop a software tool that will enable testers to monitor the internal autonomous processing states of a system under test without interfering with its operations or requiring modification to the system’s software or hardware. UAST initiated efforts to produce a comprehensive and actionable Strategic Autonomy T&E Investment Plan by assessing autonomy test infrastructure gaps, and evaluating test technology maturity required to cover gaps.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 792ad38c38cbad0202d950ebe0d78f7f