A study carried out by Officers of the Graduate Program in Operational Applications (PPGAO), from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), located in São José dos Campos (SP), was published through a scientific article in the North American magazine IEEE , a journal of excellence in the field of Engineering.
The article “Optimization of Tactical Training of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in War Games” Optimization of Unmanned Air Vehicle Tactical Formation in War Games), was developed together with researchers from the Institute for Advanced Studies (IEAv) and professors from the Dutch Defense Academy (NLDA).
The work creates a methodology for using computational intelligence that optimizes the tactical position of a swarm of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in BVR-type combats. Beyond Visual Range).
Published in February of this year, it was produced by Lieutenant Colonel Aviator Geraldo Mulato de Lima Filho and Major Aviator André Rossi Kuroswiski, PhD students at PPGAO, Professor Doctor Angelo aro and Professor Doctor Felipe Leonardo Lôbo Medeiros, in the Graduate Program -Graduation in Space Sciences and Technologies (PG-CTE) from ITA, and also had the participation of Professors Doctors Mark Voskuijl and Herman Monsuur, both from NLDA.
In the simulations and optimizations of the study, the ASA (Aerospace Simulation Environment) and the LOF (LEV optimization framework) both developed at IEAv. The study achieved academic internationalization in order to seek an analysis from the point of view of war games with world-renowned researchers in this area.
Lieutenant Colonel Lima Filho, the first author of the article, emphasized that the work is in line with the Strategic Conception of the Air Force 100 (DCA 11-45).
“It is essential to develop operational training systems for crews, that is, to improve learning and reinforcement mechanisms, through new devices for absorbing and transmitting knowledge such as simulation, virtual reality, etc.”, highlighted.
He also reinforces that the use of simulators and simulated operational exercises must be massively practiced with updated technologies that prepare the combatant for the use of force.
“Allied to this is the fact that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for simulators and combat aircraft is the state of the art in science, being a disruptive knowledge. And it is extremely important that such technology is being developed by the FAB, because, when sold by any company, it comes as a black box, without access to the function parameters of the computational model used, and it is not possible to assess the suitability of the parameters for each case. of operational applications of the Force”, he said.
The current PPGAO Area Coordinator for Operational Analysis and Logistics Engineering (AO-EL), Lieutenant Colonel Aviador Sérgio Rebouças, added that Lieutenant Colonel Lima Filho's work is part of the PPGAO's internal restructuring project.
“We are investing in bringing the Academic and Operational areas closer together. Scientific research that can effectively contribute to the operational area only happens when there is a balance between the researcher's operational and academic baggage”, said.
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About the PPGAO
Created by the General Staff of the Air Force (EMAER), the PPGAO aims to promote, in ITA's Graduate programs, the training of military personnel to carry out analysis, evaluation, research and development activities, through the generation and mastery of knowledge applied to the operational sector of Defense, especially the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
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