US Army Small Unit Operations

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US Army Small Unit Operations Planning Decision
Aids AIAI, Edinburgh SRI International
SUO/PDA Objective
Demonstrate capability relevant to a
SUO/Situation Awareness System (SAS) environment
to generate, refine, communicate, execute and
repair plans across multiple echelons. Limited
interfaces available on soldier-borne
device. Two examples of COA plan generation and
use - Defensive - Halt an Attack in Restrictive
Terrain - Offensive - Military Operations in
Urban Terrain.
Schedule
Advanced Planning Technology
2QCY99 - SUO scenario and storyboard/demo script
development. Walk-through of technical
requirements, mockup of non-working parts.
Produce demo script and scenarios. 3QCY99 -
Technology and demonstration development first
pass, interim demonstration.
4QCY99 - Full demonstration development. 1QCY
00 - Transition and communication of results to
SUO contractor. Refinement of demonstration and
technology. Integration of further modules to
support more effective demonstrations.

• Use results of DARPA/AFRL Planning Initiative
  (ARPI) and Planning Decision Aids (PDA) work
• Multi-Agent Planning Architecture (MPA) and
  O-Plan Systems Integration Architecture
• SIPE-2/CPEF and O-Plan AI Planners
• Mixed Initiative Planning Aids
• Planning Domain Knowledge Acquisition
  Tools/Editors
• Continuous Planning, Re-planning and Plan Repair
• Planning Process Management
• Rich Shared Plan Representations