Effects of STANO Sensors on Small Unit Effectiveness. Part I

Abstract

Exploratory field research has recently been conducted to provide comparative performance data on the effectiveness of the individual soldier and the squad-sized unit utilizing six different mixes of STANO sensors under two tactical situations. The present publication reports on Part I of the experiment in which three mixes were empirically tested and others analytically evaluated in the linear defense situation. Testing, in the present experiment, was conducted in a linear defense situation under starlight conditions. Six squads, equipped with three mixes (with three sensors per mix), were required to detect, describe, and report enemy targets to their squad leader under two tactical deployments (FAR and NEAR). Sensors used by the subjects were the Starlight Scope (SS), Patrol Seismic Intrusion Device (PSID), and the PPS-14 Radar (PPS-14).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744443

Entities

People

  • Jack J. Sternberg
  • James H. Banks Jr.
  • John P. Farrell Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Data Acquisition
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Intrusion
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Motor Skills
  • Night Vision
  • Night Vision Devices
  • Observers
  • Operations Research
  • Psychology
  • Starlight
  • Starlight Scopes
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.