Integrating AFSIM as an Internal Predictor

Abstract

My Summer 2014 internship consisted of contributing to the Autonomy for Air Combat Missions (ATACM) project at the Knexus Research Corporation, a largely collaborative effort involving the Naval Research Lab (NRL), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). The ATACM project's main purpose is to create an autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of flying alongside a human pilot in BVR (Beyond Visual Range) air combat missions. My job as part of Knexus, subcontracted under NRL, consisted of working on the reasoning systems for the UAV, with the label the Tactical Battle Manager (TBM). NAVAIR and AFRL were responsible for interfacing the TBM with their respective simulators and providing domain specific knowledge in the realm of air combat. My contribution to the ATACM project took the form of a predictor, under the name PEPR (the Planned Expected State Predictor), for use in the goal reasoning components of the TBM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 2014
Accession Number
ADA622327

Entities

People

  • Bryan A. Jensen
  • David W. Aha
  • Hayley Borck
  • Justin Karneeb

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs
  • Corporations
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Reasoning
  • Scripting Languages
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs