The Relationship between Air Combat Maneuvering Range (ACMB) Output Measures and Initial Visual Acquisition Performance.

Abstract

Initial visual acquisition of the adversary aircraft is a critically important task in air combat engagements. In order to assess capabilities for the performance of this task, it is necessary to identify the physical/flight variables which impact this performance. Measures of 33 flight variables were recorded at the time of initial visual acquiisition. Linear regression analysis was utilized to determine the relationship of each variable to acquisition range. Factor analysis revealed a clustering of the variables into four major factors: relative direction, target velocity, fighter velocity, and relative altitude. A multiple regression analysis was conducted, using these factors to predict acquisition range. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062134

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Hutchins Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Biomedical Research
  • Clustering
  • Coefficients
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Flight
  • Information Science
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Regression Analysis
  • Targets

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Organizational Psychology.