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Author Katie Parnell, Georgina Mason, Oliver Malpass, Isabel Holtby, Nicola Turner, Andrew Leggatt |
| Abstract Autonomous and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are being integrated into Defence at speed, with likely significant safety implications to the human component. This paper provides an overview of the human component of safety with respect to current Defence guidance and policy. Key areas of current UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Human Factors (HF) guidance have been identified that need to keep pace with the rapid developments in Autonomous and AI systems. These areas will need to be addressed to tackle future safety challenges that impact human performance within safety critical systems. The practical implications for safety critical areas and ways to mitigate them through updates to government-based guidance will be presented. In addition, an exciting, novel and innovative Defence specific Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) tool is under development to capture and assess human performance in the context of risk in current Defence systems, to support the assessment of a broad range of military equipment and tasks. |
