Artificial intelligence in the helicopter cockpit of the future

The authors describe research in the development of a situation assessment system for use in next-generation US Army helicopters. They first describe the problems faced by attack and scout helicopter pilots when conducting missions at night or under adverse weather conditions. An overall artificial intelligence processing architecture for use in the Army helicopter domain is then described. This processing architecture is based on the technology developed by DARPA and the US Air Force for the Pilot´s Associate (PA) program. This technology will support the Army´s Rotorcraft Pilot´s Associate Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration program