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Personal Decision Support Aids for Special Operations

This paper presents innovative decision support aids designed for NATO special operations, focusing on counter-terrorism missions. Highlighting technologies like laser range finders, CCD imaging, and integrated communications, the aids enhance the operational capability in critical scenarios such as hijackings, hostage situations, and civil disasters. Emphasizing protection, detection, and response strategies, the research also addresses human factors in special operations, ensuring intuitive interfaces and efficient collaboration. The outcome aims to improve situational awareness and decision-making for tactical teams.

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Personal Decision Support Aids for Special Operations

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  1. Personal Decision Support Aids for Special Operations Syndicate One Alward, Fricker, Hjelmstad, Kaster, Rasmussen, Steinberg, Verissimo IST-036/RWS-005Halden, NorwaySept. 10th-14th 2002

  2. Criteria • Useful to NATO • Counter terrorism focus • Results in short term

  3. Counter Terrorism Cycle • Protection • Detection • Reaction • Restoration

  4. Requirements • Navigation • Communications • Information (including Intelligence) • Sensory enhancement • Protective equipment

  5. Sniper elimination Equipment • Laser range finder • CCD image • GPS (direction) Functions • 3D fused image • Construction data • Pathfinder/advisor • LOS calculations • Synchronisation

  6. Hazardous plant explosion Equipment • Laser range finder • CCD image • GPS (direction) • NBC sensor Functions • 3D fused image • Construction data • Pathfinder/advisor • Synchronisation • Contaminant location & spread

  7. Other ExampleScenarios / Applications • Hijacking • Hostage • Minefield crossing • Civil disasters • POW interrogation

  8. Dafda12345 SPQR Command Center System Concept Helmet-Mounted CCD TV Laser Range Finder Voice, Imagery & Data • Comms Management • Voice data entry (speech recognition) • Text (& speech) Translation • Data Alignment (space, time, confidence) • Data Association • Object Recognition (structures, vehicles, faces, registration #s) • Action Coordination • Display generation • Database retrieval & storage GPS INS BIO • Image Management • Data Tagging (Loc, Time,ID) • Data Transfer • Command Management • Display & Audio Mgmt • (voice command) Higher Echelon Exploitation Center

  9. Initial Camera Range Finder GPS Inclinometer Digital compass Biometric OCR Enhancements Multi-spectralIR/Visual camera Range imager Directional microphone Advanced navigation aids (INS) RF/DF NBC sensors Sensors

  10. Communications issues(1) • Information (data) requirements • Geometric Data • Architectural Data • Linguistic / Translation Data • Intelligence Data • Sensor Data • Biometrics Data • Local and remotely updatable

  11. Communications issues(2) • EW requirements • EPM – Local • ECM and ESM through the Command Center • Computational capacity requirements • Local (Individual) • Mobile Command Center (team) • Central capacity (Operational Command)

  12. Communications issues(3) • Communication requirements • Duplex or half-duplex voice and data link to: • Team • Command Center • GPS receptor • Voice activated, touch sensitive screen • Sensor data simplex channel to Command Center • Biometrics • NBC warfare metrics • Multi-spectral image • Sound • Navigational (GPS, INS)

  13. Human factors aspects in Special Ops (1) Presentation of information: simple intuitive source compression User oriented: adaptability flexibility Task oriented: goals/needs relating to task Control: levels of automation Communication: feedback Universal understanding training requirements reliability

  14. Human factors aspects in Special Ops (2) Special aspects: • Navigation • Symbology/maps/graphs/text • Readability/consistency/uniformity/colour/texture ... • Communication • Auditory/visual • Voice recording/voice exchange • Increase trust and confidence by • Providing feedback • Clarify source of information / reliability • Consider absence of individual from the team • Prevent unnecessary distraction/task interruption • Minimize alerts

  15. Human factors aspects in Special Ops (3) • Information (including Intelligence) • Information compression in order to avoid overload • Reduction of vulnerability of the information network • Human sensory enhancement • Facilitate perception • Equipment • Physiological measures (Vis. aspects for the Command Centre) • Ergonomic aspects (anthropometrical data, visibility, reachability, colour,...)

  16. Human factors aspects in Special Ops (4) • Training and preparation • The more the HF aspects are taken into account the less training is necessary. • Task- and user-oriented • Planning aids • Support hierarchical planning (rough/detailed) • Provide feedback • Apply heuristics • Real-time translations • Provide messages/info as universal as possible • Provide messages/info as simple as possible • Individual translation if necessary

  17. Applying the VisTG-Model Sensors Camera Biometrics NBC

  18. Applying the VisTG-Model Dataspace Database that provide the information

  19. Applying the VisTG-Model Engines Navigator Explorer PDA-COTS

  20. Applying the VisTG-Model Output devices displays headphones vibrators Input devices PDA microphone touch screens

  21. Applying the VisTG-Model Visualising Target information Positional/navigational information Site information Orders Sensor alerts Any other required information ...

  22. Applying the VisTG-Model Users Special Ops Team leaders/Commanders

  23. Recommendations • Task NATO STC to develop a concept demonstrator • 18 months delivery • Commercial off the shelf products • Form a NATO RTB Task Group to steer development

  24. Conclusion “Personal Decision Support Aids for Special Operations” ... • ... offers a near-term improved capability • ... supports evolutionary development

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