Project Overview
System Components
The PA was originally conceived as a set of 4 collaborating expert systems:
- Systems Status reporting the ability of the aircraft to perform its mission,
- Situation Assessment determining the external environment,
- Mission Planning with a long-term strategic view of the mission, and
- Tactics Planning with a short-term, reactive view.
After consultation with the Customer, three more expert systems were added:
- Pilot-Vehicle Interface (PVI) managing the presentation of information to the pilot and interpreting
pilot actions, and
- Mission Management maintaining a consistent view of the mission
parameters and organizing the communications between systems.
- Mission Support Tool to allow pilots to tailor the behavior of the
systems before each mission
Advisory Boards
Two advisory boars had enormous impacts on the direction and implementation
of the program. I would like to acknowledge their tireless participation:
Technology Advisory Board
The Technology Advisory Board provided guidance on the system development
methodology with emphasis on appropriate incorporation of technology. The
members are listed below in alphabetical order with their affiliations at the
time of the project. Where possible, I have provided links to their
current activities.
Operational Task Force
The charter of the Operational Task Force was to ensure the operational
relevance of the behavior of the system. The members, all active or
recently retired fliers, were:
- Buzz Aldern - Greystone Defense Systems (F-14)
- J. Aubrey - General Electric Company
- G. Colbert - Loral Defense Systems
- S. W. Dundore - LASC
- Norm Geddes - Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. (A-4)
- B. Hamilton - Hamilton and Associates
- Gaylord Hayden - LASC
- Doug Holmes - LASC (Aggressor Squadron)
- Doug Hosmer - LASC (F-16 IP)
- Don Jackson - LASC (F-4)
- Andy Probert - Wright Research and Development Center
- Ron Small - Wright Research and Development Center
- Richard Smith - Greystone Defense Systems (F-14)
- J. Thames - General Electric Company
- Ron Van der Weert - Wright Research and Development Center (F-15)
- Ken Volkman - Loral Defense Systems
last updated 1/26/2003 by David
Smith