Northrop Grumman to develop prototype Artificial Intelligence assistant

Under a new contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Northrop Grumman will develop a prototype artificial intelligence assistant. The contract is part of DARPA's Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance program. The prototype will be embedded in an augmented reality (AR) headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks. Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the University of Central Florida, will develop an Operator and Context Adaptive Reasoning Intuitive Assistant that will support UH-60 Blackhawk pilots, who fly with both visual and instrumented flight, which varies with weather, time of day, and other environmental factors. "The goal of this prototype is to broaden a pilot's skillset," said Erin Cherry, senior autonomy program manager, Northrop Grumman.