Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence or unmanned automatic vehicles are crucial for current and future war scenarios. Alongside these and other technological advances, there is also the complementary side of human factors, which, if not addressed, may have negative impacts. Indeed, the European Commission (EC) has stressed the need for innovation to be carried in synergy, considering ecosystems joining academia, education providers, and the industry. One of the challenges of fast-paced innovation is the capacity for education and training institutions to follow it, anticipating the skills needed, and preparing curricula adapted to the demands. Under the EC Pact for skills initiative, the project Alliance for Strategic Skills Addressing Emerging Technologies in Defence (ASSETs+) deals precisely with these challenges in the defence ecosystem. Building on results from the project, we highlight emergent skills that are relevant for the needs of the Portuguese Navy (and beyond) in an era of robotization. From the 97 technologies and 59 defence-related application identified in key technological domains (i.e., Robotics, AI and autonomous systems, C4ISTAR (Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Information/Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance), Cybersecurity), we highlight the need to circumvent connection problems at sea that hinder the use of some advanced technologies in favour of stable solutions. Technological challenges such as these call for equally challenging skills, both technical and transversal. From the roadmap proposed by ASSETS+, important issues to consider are, for instance, the increased effort in autonomous vehicle maintenance, management of psychological impacts (e.g. concentration) of using autonomous systems, or confidentiality in training for cybersecurity. Innovation that considers both the human and technological perspectives is needed, and we provide a guide for this bright future ahead. These insights could help inform initiatives in the framework of the upcoming REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) exercise, and spill-over to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.
The Human Side in Emerging Technologies: Skills Needed for Current and Future Defence Scenarios
Spada, Irene;
2023-01-01
Abstract
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence or unmanned automatic vehicles are crucial for current and future war scenarios. Alongside these and other technological advances, there is also the complementary side of human factors, which, if not addressed, may have negative impacts. Indeed, the European Commission (EC) has stressed the need for innovation to be carried in synergy, considering ecosystems joining academia, education providers, and the industry. One of the challenges of fast-paced innovation is the capacity for education and training institutions to follow it, anticipating the skills needed, and preparing curricula adapted to the demands. Under the EC Pact for skills initiative, the project Alliance for Strategic Skills Addressing Emerging Technologies in Defence (ASSETs+) deals precisely with these challenges in the defence ecosystem. Building on results from the project, we highlight emergent skills that are relevant for the needs of the Portuguese Navy (and beyond) in an era of robotization. From the 97 technologies and 59 defence-related application identified in key technological domains (i.e., Robotics, AI and autonomous systems, C4ISTAR (Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Information/Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance), Cybersecurity), we highlight the need to circumvent connection problems at sea that hinder the use of some advanced technologies in favour of stable solutions. Technological challenges such as these call for equally challenging skills, both technical and transversal. From the roadmap proposed by ASSETS+, important issues to consider are, for instance, the increased effort in autonomous vehicle maintenance, management of psychological impacts (e.g. concentration) of using autonomous systems, or confidentiality in training for cybersecurity. Innovation that considers both the human and technological perspectives is needed, and we provide a guide for this bright future ahead. These insights could help inform initiatives in the framework of the upcoming REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) exercise, and spill-over to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
