Development and Testing of the Map Interpretation, Terrain Analysis, and Navigation at Night Program of Instruction (MITANN POI)

Abstract

There is a critical requirement for conducting Army combat flight operations at terrain altitudes (including nap-of-the-earth (NOE)) at night. Current courses of instruction are inadequate in training for the accomplishment of that requirement. This report describes the development of a course that will provide instruction to assist in meeting that requirement. This course is developed to be a night navigation and map/terrain interpretation course using unaided (naked eye) and aided (Night Vision Goggles) vision techniques (MITANN).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA117554

Entities

People

  • Bruce A. Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Achievement Tests
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Candles
  • Elevation
  • Flight Training
  • Identification
  • Instructors
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Night Vision
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training

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  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Software Engineering