An Investigation of Advanced Pilots Vertical Display Techniques
Abstract
The report summarizes the results of a one-year investigation of advanced vertical display techniques. The purpose of the study was to appraise the relative merits of nonconventional display techniques for their potential application aboard a 1985 era naval all-weather day/night attack aircraft. The vertical display system (VDS) must present situation, command, and multisensor (radar, FLIR and TV) information to the pilot and systems requirements were defined including informative, functional and human factors, and VDS performance and design criteria were established. Two mission plans and scenarios were prepared to cover a wide range of aircraft flight conditions and weapon delivery modes to exercise the various avionics sensor systems and establish the worst case or most demanding VDS information and design requirements. A weighting factor tradeoff analysis was conducted to determine the optimum scanning standards and the system design specifications for a complete VDS DIGISPLAY system. A preliminary design for the recommended VDS was prepared and a series of simulation tests were conducted to verify the performance and flyability of the recommended design.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 29, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0755739
Entities
People
- John L. Mcdade