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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 122 - Savannah, GA - October 2018
Agenda Location	7 SUBCOMMITTEE C – Avionics and Systems Integration 7.2 Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Unmanned Systems
Title	Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Unmanned Systems
Presenter	Reed Young
Affiliation	JHU/APL
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Abstract	This presentation summarizes the research performed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory on capabilities to enable the test and evaluation (T&E) of autonomous unmanned systems (AUS). T&E of AUS is unique from that of classic deterministic systems in that methods such as design of experiments simply do not apply well. Guiding research has been the identification of gaps in enabling technologies. To date, these enablers have included APL’s Watchdog and comprehensive live-virtual-constructive (LVC) techniques and representations. Watchdog is a hardware and software suite installed on the AUS that monitors a number of safety or operational parameters. If Watchdog observes a parameter violation, it has the authority to take unilateral motion control away from the system’s own autonomy engine and execute a remediation action. LVC includes such capabilities as constructive threat system representation, constructive communications and GPS denial interacting with live AUS, and virtual AUS agents interacting with the live systems under test.