RADAR TARGET DETECTION AS INFLUENCED BY EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING,

Abstract

This report describes two tests comparing the performance of experienced and inexperienced radar observers in detecting targets on the searchtype or plan position indicator (PPI) display of radar systems. The first test used ADHRU laboratory simulation facilities which displayed a single target in a single ECM strobe. A second test used the NIKE HERCULES system and the AN/MPQ36 radar target and ECM simulator. The results of the second test confirmed those of the first test. Although reliable differences in detection range existed among individual observers, these differences were not due to job experience. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 1964
Accession Number
AD0455767

Entities

People

  • A. D. Wright
  • Edward W. Frederickson
  • James L. Claflin

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Observers
  • Plan Position Indicators
  • Radar
  • Radar Targets
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Target Detection
  • Targets

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.