ORIENTATION SYSTEMS: FIRST THINGS FIRST

Abstract

The geographic orientation requirement for the Army's lighter aircraft, and for Army aviation as a system, is a system-analysis and system- design problem that appears to have defied solution. The factors considered in this paper indicate that the requirement is not filled simply by a more sophisticated machine system approach. Instead, the man part of the man-machine system needs to be deliberately 'designed in' to contribute his full potential as a functional part of the system. Also, the Army aviation operational environment, with all of its complex interacting coordination requirements, needs to be considered, for an affordable and operationally effective geographic orientation system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705021

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Wright

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Flight
  • Helicopters
  • Human Resources
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Night Vision
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Orientation (Direction)

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design