Autonomy Community of Interest (COI) Test and Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV) Working Group: Technology Investment Strategy 2015-2018
Abstract
In the past decade, unmanned systems have significantly impacted warfare worldwide. They have extended human reach via persistent capabilities, offering warfighters more options to access sensitive and hazardous environments at a speed and scale beyond manned capability. However, current unmanned systems operate with minimal autonomy. To meet warfighter needs and increase military utility, future unmanned systems must have increased autonomy to reduce the cognitive load, improve performance through increased operational speed, and increase performance in denied environments. Recognizing the importance of autonomy, the Secretary of Defense in a 19 April 2011 memo designated autonomy as one of seven priority S and T investment areas in the FY13-17 Program Objective Memorandum. In response to the memo, ASD(R and E) set up Priority Steering Councils (later designated as Communities of Interest (COIs)) for each of these seven areas. The Autonomy COI conducted a series of meetings, identified the following four non-exhaustive technical challenge areas, and designated a working group for each area: Human/Autonomous Systems Interaction and Collaboration; Scalable Teaming of Multiple Autonomous Systems; Machine Reasoning, Perception, and Intelligence; Test and Evaluation and Verification and Validation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1010194
Entities
People
- Barry Bodt
- Connie Heitmeyer
- Craig Turner
- Darryl Ahner
- Eric C Hansen
- Jeffrey Depriest
- Jim Alley
- Jim Horris
- Jonathan Hoffman
- Kelly Alonzo
- Kerianne Gross
- Laura Humphrey
- Marc Steinberg
- Marshal Childers
- Matthew Clark
- Michael Corey
- Paul Deal
- Pete Friesen
- Richard Nameth
- Stuart Young
Organizations
- United States Assistant Secretary of Defense