August 8th, 2039
U.S. Department Of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Arlington, Virginia
HUMAN/ELECTRONIC ASSAULT TEAM INITIATIVE
Combat Utility Appraisal:
Artificial, Generally Intelligent Android With Integrated Assault Weaponry (AGIA/IAW)
"XJ9" Prototype
Report Compiled By Dr. Jonathan Abel, Dr. Ben Nakamoto And Lt. Col. Devon Strickland, Including Information Supplied By Dr. Nora Wakeman
Summary
The model XJ9 prototype android is the most unique design evaluated thus-far by DARPA during the HEAT project. As opposed to efforts from Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin, and other expected participants in experimental military trials, the XJ9 design does not come from any established design team or military contractor. The architect of the XJ9 system is Dr. Nora Wakeman, a former government researcher, who was most gracious in providing the material for this report and allowing us to evaluate the only existing XJ9 unit. The route taken by Dr. Wakeman in order to create XJ9 recycles many existing technologies in unique ways, and the XJ9 design could be easily mass-produced using existing equipment. However the XJ9 design requires a high degree of preparation for combat after production of a new unit, as very little of the XJ9 main program specifically defines behaviors, and creating a duplicate of a "trained" XJ9 presents serious complications. Dr. Wakeman aimed to create a reproduction of human cognition, which is a double-edged sword when viewed from a military perspective. The existing XJ9 unit has a tremendous aptitude at analysing a complicated battlefield and giving an accurate SITREP, handily besting other hand-programmed prototypes. However, this unit also displays the same faults a human generally would in a similar situation. The conclusion this report reaches is that while XJ9 would not be suitable to create whole android infantry divisions, for many reasons the XJ9 design is ideal for the HEAT concept, due to the similarities XJ9 shares with the human soldiers that the HEAT program will place androids alongside.
Table Of Contents:
1. Squad Cohesiveness Trials
2. Information Processing Trials
3. Integrated Assault Weaponry Trials
4. Simulated Combat Trials
5. Theory Of Operation
6. Conclusion
