Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario

Jari Laarni; Antti Väätänen; Hannu Karvonen; Toni Lastusilta; Fabrice Saffre

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06086-1_4

Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario

Jari Laarni^*, Antti Väätänen, Hannu Karvonen, Toni Lastusilta, Fabrice Saffre

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Abstract

This paper describes a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for a counterswarmscenario in which the defender side uses a swarm of drones to defenda target against an attacking drone swarm. A ConOps is a high-level conceptualdescription of how the elements of a system and entities in its environment interact in order to achieve their stated goals. It has shown to be a useful and integrative element in designing complex technical systems. The ConOps for a counter-swarm scenario presented in this paper will provide answers, among others, to the following questions: how the two drone swarms are deployed, how a scenario is introduced to the simulation system, and how its progress is monitored and supervised. A preliminary version of the ConOps for a counter-swarm scenario was drafted through by using a counter-swarm simulator and conducting discussions and interviews with military experts of the Finnish Defence Forces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li
Publisher	Springer
Pages	49-63
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-06086-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-06085-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06086-1_4
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	19th International Conference, EPCE 2022: Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022 - Virtual Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	13307
ISSN	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	19th International Conference, EPCE 2022
Abbreviated title	EPCE 2022
Period	26/06/22 → 1/07/22

Funding

This research was funded by the Scientific Advisory Board for Defence (MATINE) in the CounterSwarm project. In addition, the Academy of Finland is acknowledged for part of the financial support from the project ‘Finnish UAV Ecosystem’ (FUAVE, project grant number 337878).

Keywords

robotic swarm
counter-swarming
concept of operations

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Laarni, J., Väätänen, A., Karvonen, H., Lastusilta, T., & Saffre, F. (2022). Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario. In D. Harris, & W.-C. Li (Eds.), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings (pp. 49-63). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06086-1_4

Laarni, Jari ; Väätänen, Antti ; Karvonen, Hannu et al. / Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. editor / Don Harris ; Wen-Chin Li. Springer, 2022. pp. 49-63 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13307).

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Laarni, J , Väätänen, A , Karvonen, H , Lastusilta, T & Saffre, F 2022, Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario. in D Harris & W-C Li (eds), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13307, pp. 49-63, 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, 26/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06086-1_4

Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario. / Laarni, Jari ; Väätänen, Antti ; Karvonen, Hannu et al.
Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 19th International Conference, EPCE 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Don Harris; Wen-Chin Li. Springer, 2022. p. 49-63 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 13307).

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Development of a Concept of Operations for a Counter-Swarm Scenario

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