C2 Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Coyote LRESD
Abstract
From October 28th to November 2nd 2001, DREV conducted a joint R&D and military experiment on the effectiveness of the new Lav-Recce Enhanced Surveillance Demonstrator (LRESD). The aim of this experiment was to assess whether Situation Awareness (SA) at the Command Post (CP) level was improved by adding a new suite of sensors on the standard Coyote vehicle, which constitute the enhanced version, namely, the LRESD. The information products produced by both Lav-Recce suites and forwarded to the CP were compared to the ground truth that was carefully designed prior the experiment. The timeliness of these information products is also considered. SA being of the utmost importance to the commander for his C2 duties, it was obvious that this aspect of C2 was to become our prime Measure of Effectiveness (MoE). Measures of Performance (MoPs) that would link both the systems level and the higher MoE were then chosen and strategies to evaluate them identified. This paper describes the experiment and how the experimental protocol was designed according to the principles and guidelines of the NATO Code of Best Practices (COBP) for C2 assessment. It will also clearly demonstrate the Measures of Effectiveness (MoEs) and Measures of Performance (MoPs) that were identified to be the key measures in the context of the experiment, and the considerations over human factors. Finally, the paper will describe the lessons that were learned during the experiment that were not necessarily controlled or expected with the positive and negative aspects that arose from them.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA425290
Entities
People
- Eric Dorion
- Michel Gareau
Organizations
- DRDC Valcartier