The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory”s (NRL) Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI) has conducted initial human studies of the tactical battle manager (TBM) technology.
NRL’s TBM is a software system that deploys intelligent agents to guide unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that each serve as a ‘wingman’ in manned / unmanned teams, in simulated beyond-visual-range (BVR) air combat missions.
The TBM offers cross-platform coordination of both manned and unmanned air combat teams in order to function in highly contested environments, as well as enables human operators to manage the UAVs on a team by coordinating their objectives or goals.