FSCX will develop a methodology and system design that will lead to a Phase II SBIR prototype, which will provide automated, decision support products to improve collective performance in training and real world operations. The prototype will improve individual and collective understanding in information intensive, digital environments. FSCX calls this prototype SpectoAgnito, a coined term meaning "to see knowledge". SpectoAgnito will help soldiers and leaders visualize knowledge within a combat situation to improve their proactive and reactive performance. SpectoAgnito's automated, intelligent data collection, exercise control, measures of performance, After Action Review (AAR) and trend analysis capabilities will permit trainers to spend more time on coaching and mentoring without increasing the number of trainers or exercise control stations. Similarly, SpectoAgnito's exercise control and AAR training features readily apply to operational control and mission rehearsal capabilities in real world operations. Further, SpectoAgnito's capabilities can be embedded in tactical Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems operating over a Tactical Internet. An embedded SpectoAgnito will permit units to train and fight with the same system. SpectoAgnito then can serve as an embedded trainer/real-time situational alert, prompting individual operators and leaders at various echelons to make better-informed decisions and actions. Development of a SpectoAgnito prototype will enable us to commercialize its technology for automated, intelligent decision support systems to improve decision-making in high stress situations. Potential applications include military test, training and real world operations; disaster and emergency response operations, including police, fire, medical and civil rescue operations; racecar crew, air traffic control and port operations; etc.
Keywords: Automated Decision Support Systems, Key Event Identification, Embedded Trainer, Measures Of Performance, Aar, Mission Rehearsal, Job Aid
