UAV Access Design Experiment (UADE)

This SBIR effort will result in human-computer interface (HCI) design requirements to support expanded interoperability among and between unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). A key research issue is how information can be tailored by mission type, user level of access authority, and display/input device for a particular HCI. This proposal discusses what information could be presented to an operator. Although raw data is important and useful, it is possible to present the operator with information, consisting of interpreted data, as well as automated mission planning tools. OR Concepts Applied (ORCA) will document the data, information, and tools that are available as well as document how a given HCI could be tailored. ORCA will then apply human effectiveness techniques to build two separate UAV access systems. To facilitate software development, ORCA will leverage commercial off-the-shelf mission planning software that can be tailored and customized. ORCA will both demonstrate the UAV access systems using a time sensitive targeting (TST) scenario and describe a mechanism to integrate with existing simulation suites. ORCA will also perform an analysis of tradeoffs associated with semi-automating the information tailoring. HCI design requirements will be created as a result of this research.