Summary of the Human Engineering Laboratory's Air-to-Ground Target Detection Studies Using Stationary Targets

Abstract

Recent events have increased interest in the ranges at which the helicopter crewman can be expected to detect and/or identify a target. Studies of air-to-ground target detection identification have all concluded with essentially the same results; a stationary, passive, noncamouflaged military ordnance type of target can be detected by an observer in a slow speed, 60 knots, low flying, less than 300 feet, helicopter at maximum ranges up to 2000 meters but cannot be reliably identified at ranges greater than 1000 meters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779409

Entities

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Availability
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Helicopters
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Identification
  • Munitions
  • Observers
  • Probability
  • Slant Range
  • Stationary
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Detection

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