Real Time Decision Alert, aid and after Action Review System for Combat and Training
Abstract
The System to Help Identify and Empower Leader Decisions (SHIELD) monitors command, control, communication, computers, and intelligence (C4I) data streams to alert leaders to situations requiring their attention (e.g., units violating a boundary). It allows leaders to temporarily dismiss alerts, have an alert go away for the rest ot a mission, call up recommended courses of action, and/or call up job aids. It captures user responses to alerts in an interactive after action review (AAR) log file that can be used to host an AAR or the recipient of the alerts. SHIELD was designed to be used at any node within a C41 network while maintaining a small footprint. It has been demonstrated as a stand-alone system, as an application running on Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) and the Command and Control Personal Computer (C2PC) without being integrated with these systems, and as an "injector' integrated with C2PC. Data collected by SHIELD to support AARs can also be used to support research on the placement of alerts within a network. Current efforts are directed towards implementing procedures to collect and analyze AAR logs across nodes to support unit level AARs and situational awareness research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA437006
Entities
People
- David S. Akin
- Geoffrey E. Green
- Larry L. Meliza
- Stephen J. Arntz