Discovery Experimentation: What, Why, How
(Room S330G)
27 Nov 17
12:45 PM
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2:15 PM
Discovery experimentation is a process for using simulation to place emerging technologies in the hands of warfighters engaged in virtual battlefields to explore the military utility of new concepts for using emerging systems. Discovery experimentation is designed to allow learning and modification from trial to trial and in that way differs significantly for both traditional scientific experimentation and technology demonstrations. It can be used to explore military utility of new technologies, development of new tactics, techniques and procedures for emerging systems, definition of requirements for control devices for new systems, and consequent needs for new training. This tutorial will define the notion, utility and implementation of discovery experimentation by walking through a multi-trial discovery experiment completed in 2016 to test a new concept in close air support. The tutorial will demonstrate how the learning from one trial to another was used to refine both the initial concept and the requirements for an interface device to be used with actual, emerging systems. The discovery experimentation is important for exploring joint warfighting capabilities as individual service technologies are being developed and should be considered as a key component in the overall acquisition process for emerging technology.