Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Manned-Unmanned Teaming Concept for Fighter Jet Missions

In the proposed presentation, we want to give an overview of our research in the domain of Manned-Unmanned-Teaming (MUM-T) for fighter jets. The Institute of Flight Systems (IFS) aims to develop a concept of MUM-T for airborne military operations by means of work system analysis and cockpit simulation of full missions. From that, we develop solutions to the main challenges of MUM-T. In future operating environment, mixed teams of manned and unmanned fighter jets might pursue mission goals which formerly were executed by exclusively manned platforms. This requires unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform tasks from operations such as Air Interdiction (AI), Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) or Offensive Counter Air (OCA). Furthermore, emerging technologies such as swarming enable new operational uses and roles in Combined Air Operations Course (COMAO). However, the implementation of such a operational concept bears major challenges for human factor engineering, system design and cognitive automation