Elements of a Battalion Integrated Sensor System: Operator and Team Performance

Abstract

This report describes the second phase of a research program designed to investigate requirements for an effective integrated surveillance system utilizing several combinations of radars and night vision devices. The results, obtained in a realistic setting, showed that: (1) the highest quality of target detection information reported to battalion was obtained by surveillance teams consisting of one AN/PPS-5A Ground Surveillance Radar Operator, one Night Observation Device Operator, a team chief, and a radio-telephone operator; (2) ground surveillance radar operators were unable to identify reliably either target types or target classes (wheel vs track vehicles; personnel vs vehicles) under (simulated) operational conditions; (3) simple, low-cost modifications to training and work procedures greatly enhanced the performance of PPS-5A ground surveillance radar operators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA025811

Entities

People

  • Guthrie D. Hardy Jr.
  • James H. Banks
  • John W. Jennings
  • Thomas D. Scott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Employment
  • Identification
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Night Vision
  • Night Vision Devices
  • Social Sciences
  • Systems Science
  • Target Detection
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.