Next-generation fighter cockpits will feature a Crew Monitoring System (CMS) designed to assess a pilot’s physiological, cognitive, and emotional state, enhancing both mission performance and safety. The CMS will integrate multiple physiological sensors and contextual parameters to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the crew’s functional state. It will detect conditions such as hypoxia, mental overload, and emotional shifts, including confusion or calmness.
As part of the Crew Monitoring innovation initiative (led by Dassault Aviation) within the EDF project EPIIC (Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for fighter Cockpits), EmoDecide will contribute by developing real-time monitoring software capable of identifying the crew’s emotional state (ES) and enabling adaptive cockpit interfaces.
At EmoDecide, HAFA’s mission is clear: to revolutionize pilot performance by detecting and identifying a fighter pilot’s ES and understanding its impact on decision-making.
- Tested in realistic aeronauticalenvironments
- Tailored to operational tasks
- Real-time monitoring
What Does EmoDecide Deliver?
EmoDecide will develop an advanced software module to measure/monitor crews’ ES in real-time continuously. Using a combination of:
- Physiological signals
- Behavioral insights
- Contextual data
We offer aninnovative solution that will enhance situational awareness and optimize the decision-making of fighter pilots under pressure.
EPIIC consortium
Thales | Dassault Aviation | Indra| Airbus Defence and Space | Leonardo | Saab | Aalborg University | Diehl Aviation | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH | GMV | HAT.tec GmbH | INCAS – National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” | University of Patras | NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre | Collins Aerospace | Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía | Terma Group | FER | Insta | Almadesign | ETI – Simulation and Engineering Solutions | Next2U solutions | FOI
EmoDecide (Crew Monitoring, EPIIC Innovation Call)
HAFA(War Games Lab) | CERTH (subcontractor)
HAFA’s Involvement Dec 2024- Dec 2025
The members of HAFA’s research group are involved in all theWork Packages of the EmoDecide project, which are:
- Definition and elaboration of the ES model
- Preparing the data collection campaign
- Data collection campaign and computation of the ES model
- Evaluation of the performance and demonstration
About
Short Name: EmoDecide
Title: Enhancing Decision-Making through Emotional State Awareness
Duration: 13 months
Type:Innovation Call of EPIIC EDF project (Crew Monitoring) – Co-funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No 101103592.
Project Start Day: 06/12/2024
Project Coordinator: Dassault Aviation
Scientific Director & Contractual Manager of HAFA’s EmoDecide project team
Assoc. Prof. Ioanna K. Lekea (ioanna.lekea@hafa.haf.gr)
Director of the War Games Lab, HAFA
Point of Contact:
Asst. Prof. Dimitrios G. Stamatelos (dimitrios.stamatelos@hafa.haf.gr)
Administrative support:
Mrs Christina Aidinidou [Deputy Head of HAFA’s Research Department]
Events
- Kick-off Meeting [HAFA, CERTH, Dassault Aviation online, 12/24]
- EmoDecide:1st Deliverable & Progress Report[HAFA, CERTH, Dassault Aviation online, 03/25]
Dissemination
- Promotion of the EmoDecide project on the LinkedIn page
Disclaimer
This publication was co-funded by the European Union under the GrantAgreement 101103592. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the EPIIC(Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for fighter Cockpit) Consortiumand do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
