Cognitive Demands of Warfighter Readiness

The aims and opportunities of Combat Mission Planning Cognitive Skill Training (CoMPCoST) Web-Module are providing: effective Combat Mission Planning cognitive-skills training-interventions for aviators and add-on augmentation and enhancement forOperational Aviation Mission Planning Applications. CoMPCoST's innovative add-on web-module design supports inclusion into DMT DIS/HLA architectures, E-Learning Management Networks, and Operational Aviation Mission Planning Applications for existing,planned and legacy planning systems. Research will focus on: identifying cognitive skills that contribute most heavily to effective combat mission planning for aviators and incorporating them into a Requirements Matrix and associated UML USE Cases;selecting and developing candidate training interventions designed to develop these cognitive skills; and developing scoring and evaluation logic/applications that evaluate/feedback the training interventions on subsequent mission-planning performance.Innovatively, SDS will use a synergy of JSAF/SOAR with Smart-Board technology to: augment/enhance interviews of DMT participants to identify mission areas that are particularly sensitive to mission planning and replanning skills; support data collectionfor the conduct of cognitive task analyses. Use of JSAF/SOAR in Above-Real-Time execution of the initial plan may have merit in presenting and evaluating multiple