Verification and validation testing of the Pilot´s Associate

The DARPA/USAF/Lockheed Pilot´s Associate is a comprehensive and complex real-time artificial intelligence decision aid. The author discusses how the Lockheed team is conducting the verification and validation of the Pilot´s Associate as an integrated methodology that brings design and test into a closer relationship. The issues of verification and validation have been addressed as an integral part of the design and development process over the course of the project. The methodology encompasses digital combat simulations, engineering development testing of individual software units and subsystems, prototype testing, manned functional testing, real-time performance testing, and a manned operational performance evaluation