21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI) has developed a prototype software system that uses intelligent agents to assist in the decluttering of net-centric command and control (C2) displays. The software is called ARID, or Agent-based Reduction of Information Density. The prototype applies our ARID technology to a C2 system designed to provide a single operator with supervisory control over the operations of multiple (typically 4 to 8) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Our demonstration will show a simulation of such a C2 system running scripted scenarios.
We will have an interactive demonstration. Those who volunteer to participate in the demonstration will have the opportunity to assume the role of the UAV operator and respond to the mission tasking and emergent conditions that occur during the approximately 10 minute long scenarios. The participants will be able to run two similar scenarios, one with and one without ARID agents enabled. The participants will see for themselves whether or not the agent-assisted decluttering and alerting features helped improve their scores, which are revealed at the end of the scenario.
This is a software-only simulation. Actual UAVs will, of course, not be flown. Participants will find that participating in the demonstration is somewhat like playing a real-time strategy game but with simplistic rules. It will be a fun demonstration that will show the value of agent-based assistive technology.