Tekever demonstrates manned-unmanned teaming at AWE19
A UK research project has developed new ways of reducing operator burden in mission planning and execution.
Tekever has demonstrated its AR4 platform on the UK’s Salisbury Plain with new software to enhance mission planning and target detection with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and the British Army.
The company announced on 26 October that the Enhanced Mission Autonomy Pack (EMAP) was demonstrated on live flights as part of the UK Army Warfighting Experiment 19 for Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).
This explored the reduction in operator burden in three key areas: automated mission planning; automated sensor planning; and automatic target identification.
In a statement the company said that the demonstration showed how increased automation reduces the operational burden of using UAVs, particularly when monitoring large open areas for targets of interest. Automatic alerts freed operators to conduct other activities instead of continuously monitoring sensor feeds.
‘The demonstration showed how Manned-Unmanned Teaming can deliver the best of both worlds, combining the decision-making skills of experienced personnel, with the benefits of non-stop automated processing,’
‘Operators are removed from high risk environments and boring or demanding tasks are re-assigned to computers. It also shows the potential of enhancing existing systems with an increased situational awareness and can improve their operational effectiveness.’
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