The European Defence Agency has appointed a consortium of IB Consultancy and the UK based companies Explosive Learning Solutions and QinetiQ to develop a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and a roadmap supporting the implementation of the SRA for the Capability Technology Group ESM04 of the EDA.
The CapTech ESM4 Human Factors Strategic Research Agenda covers both Human Factors and CBRN aspects. The SRA will provide a clear vision which will be shared by governmental and non-governmental members of the CapTech ESM4 group and will serve to define the future requirements for Human Factors research. This by prioritising Human Factors research projects in terms of their urgency and their impact on future defence capability.
The study will deliver a Strategic Research Agenda and roadmap and will be based on objective analysis through the following deliverables. Firstly, the SRA introduces the field of Human Factors by providing an overview of existing civilian and military Human Factors research. Secondly, based on the output of the Human Factors overview and considering current and forecasted military needs, the consortium will identify and prioritise relevant R&T areas to be included in the SRA for Human Factors. Finally, following the development of the SRA for Human Factors, roadmaps for each area of Human Factors application will be developed to describe how the SRA may be implemented.
The project will start in December 2011 and run for 6 months.