HUMAN-MACHINE TEAMING — THE COACHES
Turning Promising Tools Into Usable Capabilities
Covan helps shape the playbook, refine how the team fights, and prepare operators to use new capabilities effectively — bringing operational experience and human-factors thinking together before, during, and after experimentation.
ADVISORY SERVICES
Covan integrates new technology into real workflows, tactics, and training — deciding where automation adds value, how operators should interact with it, and what must change for adoption in the field.
- Operational advisory for concept and prototype development
- Workflow and decision-process design for operators and staffs
- Assessment of trust, delegation, workload, and human override behavior
- Training development, white cell support, and observational analysis
PARTNER OUTCOMES
HMT insights stay connected to simulation and field experimentation, so advice is tested under pressure and refined with evidence — aligning technologies to operator realities rather than technical assumptions alone.
- Reduced risk of fielding tactically misaligned solutions
- Improved adoption, training readiness, and human-system performance
- Better integration of autonomy and decision-support tools into operations
EVALUATING AUTONOMY, AI, AND TRUST
Covan assesses human-machine performance using mixed qualitative and quantitative data, measuring cognitive load, mission tempo, and kill-chain acceleration to ensure systems are usable and employable by Soldiers.
- Assess trust, usability, and operational effectiveness
- Support collaborative autonomy and mission command experimentation
- Accelerate transition through operator-driven iteration and rapid feedback
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
A direct bridge from concept design to operator adoption
Covan does not treat advisory as a separate consulting lane. The practice focuses on where automation adds value, how operators should interact with it, and what organizational changes are needed for successful use in the field.
HIGHLIGHTED ENGAGEMENTS
Human Performance, Training and Education Portfolio
Office of Naval Research, Code 34
Providing portfolio support and military advisory expertise to inform AI and uncrewed systems (UxS) engineering for human-machine teaming.
C-UAS Unscripted Experimentation
ASD(SO/LIC) & SOCCENT
Leading planning, operations, and data collection for unscripted counter-UAS experimentation to assess capabilities in realistic scenarios and inform operational decisions.
HMT Enhanced After-Action Review
MARSOC
Instrumenting personnel and systems, integrating their data with live observer reporting in a shared display, and conducting enhanced after-action reviews to assess performance and inform training.
SHAPE THE PLAYBOOK FOR ADOPTION
Contact Covan Group to evaluate human-machine teaming, refine tactics and training, and accelerate adoption of autonomy and decision-support tools.
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