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Program Description
The Research in Europe on Autonomy, Cognitive sciences & Human factors (REACH) program was established in 2016 to address the most pressing Air Force behavioral science topics related to human interactions with other humans and machines. The program’s autonomy research includes human-machine teaming, human trust in automated systems, supervisory control of highly automated systems, and other interactions with intelligent machine agents. The REACH sub-program on cognitive sciences explores theoretical cognitive research related to human information processing, biomarkers of stress & workload, socio/cultural topics, and applied neurosciences. The final Human Factors Engineering sub-area supports military research topics related to man-machine interfaces to include direct brain-machine interactions (neuroengineering), neuroergonomics, and display symbology and optimization involving all of the human senses. The REACH program is specifically designed to tie critical European, African, and Middle Eastern Behavioral Science research to AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, as well as to the US Air Force Academy’s Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. For more information about the REACH portfolio or to help identify critical research areas/gaps, please contact the EOARD Program Officer, Lt Col Chris McClernon.