Air Force operations centers could soon hear the voice of Siri or Google Home.
The Air Force is looking for a personal voice assistant for its Air Operations and Combined Air Operations Centers.
“Exemplars include Apple’s Siri, Google Home and Amazon Alexa,” notes the Small Business Innovation Research solicitation.
The solicitation offers several examples of how a talking computer assistant can help operations center operators.
“The conversational interface would allow simplified data input and output for queries, commands, and information access,” the solicitation said. “The assistant could prompt and guide the user along a series of steps in task checklists, and provide timers and alarms for various time critical activities. The assistant could advise and assist the user in evaluating data and information to interpret results and make assessments and recommendations on courses of action. Many of these functions can be automated, but the ability of a personal assistant to adapt to a user or situation, and better understand the desired outcomes or intentions is expected to greatly enhance the effectiveness of the operator.”
Siri, are you coming to Air Force ops centers?
