An Evaluation of Digital Liquid Crystal Display Quartz Movement Watches for Military/Government Use

Abstract

The PRAM Program Office conducted an evaluation to determine the feasibility of replacing mechanical analog watches with a commercially marketed quartz crystal digital display watch for those military and civilian personnel who normally use a government issues watch. It was believed that this type of watch would be less costly and inherently, more reliable, rugged and accurate than the currently used analog watches. An initial quantity of 500 digital display watches were procured for test and evaluation: 50 were used in laboratory hardware performance testing and the remaining 450 were distributed to personnel of the Air Force, Army, Navy and non-DoD government agencies. The majority of these were tested by USAF pilots, navigators and other aircrew personnel. At the end of the evaluation period, each subject completed a detailed questionnaire. These were then analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA071171

Entities

People

  • Carmine Forzono
  • Dave Gunning
  • Donald Stevens
  • Grant Boughton
  • L. E. Ulman

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Combat Operations
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Military Personnel
  • Navigators
  • Performance Tests
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design