Soldier Decision Making & Comms Performance Tech
Abstract
This Project conducts applied research on Cyber Electromagnetic (CEMA) threat and friendly/coalition counter CEMA efforts as well as human behavior variables that influence CEMA operations and the outcomes of CEMA attacks. The resulting outcomes create analytical and empirical capabilities to characterize, model, and forecast human behavior related to CEMA events through experimentation and field data collection. The result is increased mission effectiveness that enables strong mission command, intelligence operations, and cyber defenses, which lead to high information sharing, situational awareness, and collaboration. Major efforts focus on applied research to understand the conduct of effective CEMA operations in that knowledge is required to create and effectively deploy cyber work systems that optimize human-machine interactions and account for operator and adversary behavior to achieve maximum effects. This Project addresses Army gaps and needed capabilities by conducting cyber cognition and teaming assessments as well as studying human behaviors in CEMA-physical environments, attacker-defender-user dynamics, and Soldier-system integration challenges that underlie forces ability to converge kinetic, cyber and electromagnetic activities. Results will inform technology selection and development, training assessments, system specifications, and operational planning. Results of these efforts are transitioned to Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Program Managers, Human Systems Integration (HSI) Directorate (Army G1), and Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy, as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense Close Combat Lethality Task Force. FY 2020 realignments are due to financial restructuring in support of Army Modernization Priorities. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- BC3_0602143A_2_2040_PB_2020
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