The Benefits of Bespoke Behaviors

Work continues apace as ASTi teams with SAIC to add our Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA) to existing MQ-9 Reaper MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer (MJAT) systems. The upgrade is underway at the Joint Technology Center/Systems Integration Laboratory (JSIL), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

SERA provides automated, simulated and AI-based air traffic control (ATC) services for military and commercial aviation training and simulation at hundreds of airports around the world. Out of the box, it implements the standard International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) radio calls and basic regional variations on the global ATC communications standard. However, customers often identify additional local variations unique to specific airfields as critical for their training. This is particularly true in military aviation training. ASTi engineers work closely with local subject matter experts (SMEs) to modify SERA's AI controller and pilot behaviors to better match training goals for specific locations. We can also tweak SERA's speech recognition engine to increase accuracy for non-standard radio calls featuring geographic names for training areas, waypoints and things of that nature.

Program-specific additions to SERA's internal airport database ensure synchrony with simulator image generators. These modifications are usually necessary to make sure other AI-generated aircraft perform realistic airport- or airspace-specific maneuvers. ASTi is working with SMEs to adapt SERA for the following airfields:

ASTi developed SERA from the start with this level of flexibility and ease of refinement in mind. We are confident that—even without modifications—SERA outperforms all other SATCE products. But our ability to expertly mold its behaviors to fit your specific training requirements eclipses the competition. Contact ASTi to talk about how SERA can take your simulated ATC environment to the next level.