Convoy Active Safety Technologies Warfighter Experiment I

Edward Schoenherr; Bernard L. Theisen; Asisat Animashaun; James Davis Jr.; Christopher Day

doi:10.1117/12.780357

29 April 2008 Convoy Active Safety Technologies Warfighter Experiment I

Edward Schoenherr, Bernard L. Theisen, Asisat Animashaun, James Davis Jr., Christopher Day

Proceedings Volume 6962, Unmanned Systems Technology X; 69621N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780357
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The operational ability to project and sustain forces in distant, anti-access and area denial environments poses new challenges for combatant commanders. One of the new challenges is the ability to conduct sustainment operations at operationally feasible times and places on the battlefield. Combatant commanders require a sustainment system that is agile, versatile, and survivable throughout the range of military operations and across the spectrum of conflict. A key component of conducting responsive, operationally feasible sustainment operations is the ability to conduct sustainment convoys. Sustainment convoys are critical to providing combatant commanders the right support, at the right time and place, and in the right quantities, across the full range of military operations. The ability to conduct sustainment convoys in a variety of hostile environments require force protection measures that address the enemy threat and protect the Soldier. One cost effective, technically feasible method of increasing the force protection for sustainment convoys is the use of robotic follower technology and autonomous navigation. The Convoy Active Safety Technologies (CAST) system is a driver assist, convoy autopilot technology aimed to address these issues. Warfigher Experiment I, held at A.P. Hill, VA in the fall of 2007, tested the utility of this vehicle following technology not only in measures of system integrity and performance vs. manual driving, but also the physiological effects on the operators themselves. This paper will detail the Warfigher Experiment's methodology, analysis, results and conclusions.

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Edward Schoenherr, Bernard L. Theisen, Asisat Animashaun, James Davis Jr., and Christopher Day "Convoy Active Safety Technologies Warfighter Experiment I", Proc. SPIE 6962, Unmanned Systems Technology X, 69621N (29 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780357

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