NATO STO

1) Establish common NATO concepts, policy and doctrine that leverage emerging general-purpose unmanned system (UMS) platforms for medical missions to include CASEVAC, medical supply and re-supply. This will include a review HFM 167-ET proposed definition of RASEVAC for modification and adoption by NATO (RASEVAC is the evacuation of wounded, sick and injured personnel using robotic, autonomous, and/or unmanned air, ground or maritime platforms with or without a human attendant and/or autonomous en route care systems). Review and apply NATO definitions of autonomy and recommend modifications that include RASEVAC. Define capability characteristics required in vehicle selection and risk-benefit decisions for medical missions (RASEVAC, emergency medical supply) as well defining characteristics of autonomous en route care systems for RASEVAC. The RTG will collaborate with NATO bodies to address integration of RASEVAC and emergency medical resupply into medical and operational C5ISR, platforms, and medical regulating CONOPS. 2) Establish common NATO research and development roadmap for RASEVAC and medical resupply.This will include the review and use NATO reports, national policies, and doctrine related to RASEVAC and recommend changes to NATO policy and doctrine related to RASEVAC. Conduct Market Analysis of existing or developing en route* care systems and autonomous transport systems. Conduct Research Analysis of current, ongoing and planned autonomous/robotic systems research in order to identify best practice, lessons learned and determine knowledge gaps and/or system specifications. 3) Develop methods and approaches for implementing safe ride standards on emerging UMS platforms for tactical care evacuation as outlined in NATO TR-HFM-184, Safe Ride Standards. RTG will review previous, ongoing and proposed research on human tolerance and platform performance parameters for RASEVAC. Establish research protocols to determine standards, (e.g., human tolerance standards, vibration). Characterize levels of risk associated with RASEVAC options. Utilize RTG report to inform NATO community of risks/benefits of RASEVAC 4) Survey and propose NATO interoperability standards for RASEVAC. Review current NATO policy and doctrine for existing interoperability standards (e.g., C5 networks, unmanned systems, medical equipment, transmission of health information, power). Coordinate with existing NATO UxS Groups. Review and modify, as necessary, standard messaging and telemedicine protocols for transmission of health information. Propose interoperability standards for platforms in RASEVAC (e.g., NATO litter, oxygen, power, communications). 5) Recommend NATO Mission Planning Capabilities required to effectively execute RASEVAC.Incorporate RASEVAC into medical planning (e.g., CONOPS, TTPs, etc.) Consider information integration and decision support tools for RASEVAC. Modify medical regulating to include RASEVAC in multidomain environment