Multi-UAV Supervisory Control Interface Technology (MUSCIT)

Abstract

The tremendous success of UAVs has seen the role of unmanned systems expand well beyond the mission for which they were originally intended. One can hardly imagine a role which unmanned systems will not eventually be applied. The future use of UAVs secure, the challenge for unmanned air systems (UAS) developers has shifted from one of demonstrating their value on the battlefield to one of increasing the efficiency of their use. The Multi-UAV Supervisory Control Interface Technology (MUSCIT) program, a research initiative sponsored by the Air Force's Supervisory Control Interface Branch of the Human Effectiveness Directorate (711HPW/RHCI), was tasked to investigate operator interface control issues associated with multi-UAV control. The focus of this effort was to investigate automation and interface technologies that will reverse the status quo to move from multiple operators per vehicle to multiple vehicles per single operator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA585659

Entities

People

  • Britany A. Miller
  • Douglas J. Zimmer
  • James Whalen
  • John K. Flach
  • Mark P. Squire
  • Michael Patzek
  • Thomas C. Hughes

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Situational Awareness
  • Supervisory Control
  • Surveys
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction
  • Autonomy - UAVs