Q: How is ASI changing the nature of unmanned systems management? A: Whether they operate in the air, on the ground, on or underwater or in space, ASI brings significant improvements to the management of unmanned systems. With our Associate Systems technology residing in control stations and in the unmanned systems, all components collaborate to accomplish a set of common goals. Mission plans, concepts, and goals are shared among all the assets. The central operator can easily assess and manage the network, aided by expertise captured in ASI's structured knowledge base. Equally important, the unmanned systems are capable of planning, monitoring, and adapting their own actions as situations evolve. As a distributed system with intelligence onboard each unmanned system loss of communication is not an issue. Systems continue to execute the mission and collaborate with team units as conditions change. Since unmanned systems are not tele-controlled and communications are limited to only brief intelligence transmissions the probability of enemy detection is greatly reduced. ASI can deliver today solutions anticipated by the DoD to be available in 2015 or 2034 according to the FY2009–2034 Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap; see our solution list below. Why wait? dod future solutions can be proviDed by ASI intelligent technology NOW:  | Collaboration: FY2015 Teaming within Domain, Collaboration Across Domains; FY2034 Teamed Collaboration | | | Mission Complexity: FY2034 Autonomous Adaptive Tactical Behaviors | | | OPSEC/Stealth: FY2034 Signature Low | | | Operational Control: FY2015 1 Operator/Domain; FY2034 1 Operator /Team | | | Bandwidth: FY2015 Advanced Bandwidth Management; FY2034 Autonomous Bandwidth Management | | | Maintenance: FY2034 Automated | | | Awareness: FY2015 Situational Awareness; 2034 Actionable Information | | | Dependency/Maneuverability: FY2015 Limited adaptation, Real-time and Planning Sense and Avoid; FY2034 Fully Real-Time Planning, Team of Teams Collaboration, Fully Autonomous On-board Sense and Avoid | | | UGV Survivability: FY2034 Real-time Fully Automated, Urban Combat, On-Off Road Operations, Hostile Environment | | | Environment: FY2015 Human Approves Decisions; FY2034 Fully Autonomous, Approaching Zero Human Interaction | | | UUV Obstacle Avoidance: FY2015 Dynamic Obstacle/Threat Avoidance; FY2034 Target Motion Analysis Adaptive Re-Planning | | | Recognition: FY2015 Target Classification; FY2034 Intelligent Identification | | | Navigation: FY2034 Independent Navigation |
Q: What significant benefits does ASI deliver for unmanned systems?
A: ASI's technology allows for cooperative planning features and functions that result in breakthrough benefits: | | Improved performance - Cooperative planning and real-time assessments help ensure fully informed actions. | | | Informed decisions - Operator decision-aiding produces feasible plans as conditions change. | | | Smarter control - ASI's intelligent, intent-driven control architecture enables the operator to easily maintain control of mixed initiatives and effectively manage critical missions. | | | Better resource efficiencies - A single operator can control multiple unmanned assets | | | Superior responsiveness - Decentralized, self-organizing task allocation means that unmanned systems not only are capable of reactive behavior, but also of adaptive planning in dynamic situations. | | | Reduced communications requirements - Stability is assured even when communications are intermittent. |
Q: What is ASI's experience in delivering successful unmanned systems?
A: ASI has realized proven success in a variety of areas related to unmanned systems operations. Our experience includes: | | Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) Operations - As a Boeing partner, ASI developed solutions to aid decision making and mission management by Mission Control Station operators as part of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) program. | | | AUCTIONEER task allocation - ASI solutions enable decentralized, autonomous task allocation capabilities for multiple UAVs in a dynamic environment. (A DARPA/AFRL initiative) | | | Intelligent control for automated vehicles - Developed for the Air Force Research Laboratory ICAV program, ASI technology simplifies the efficient management of multiple autonomous unmanned air vehicles. | | | Intelligent control of unmanned ground vehicles - ASI technology played a key role in the CTA-Robotics program, directed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), which focuses on enabling inanimate systems (or sub-systems) to perform in a seemingly human fashion. | BACK TO TOP |
