LAYOUT OF THE COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER IN THE PO-2W AIRCRAFT

Abstract

The report represents the results of a study conducted to find the optimal layout of electronic equipment for the airborne Combat Information Center for the PO-2W aircraft. It was found that, in arranging equipment in an airborne CIC, there were four levels of importance into which the various considerations fell: (1) Availability of central displays; (2) Observation of the activities of certain personnel by the CIC Officer, Ability of the CIC officer to talk to certain personnel without phones, Flight maintenance facility; (3) Ease of personnel traffic, Crew comfort; and (4) Ground maintenance facility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1951
Accession Number
AD0641448

Entities

People

  • Joseph G. Adiletta

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Combat Information Centers
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Driftmeters
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Military Applications
  • Naval Operations
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radio Equipment
  • Test Equipment
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Software Engineering
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems