Reverse Engineering: Human Factors, Manpower, Personnel, and Trainng in the Weapon System Acquisition Process
Abstract
The objective of the Reverse Engineering Project is to identify how and where to influence the acquisition process to result in effective use of soldiers in weapon systems. The project was initiated by the U.S. Army Research Institute at the request of General Maxwell Thurman while he was Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. It was his position that careful examination of the development process of several Army weapon systems would provide specific illustrations of human factors, manpower, personnel and training (HMPT) issues and identify critical events in the weapon system acquisition process (WSAP). If proper attention from an HMPT perspective were given to these critical events, then fielding of operationally useful systems would be facilitated. Approaches for accomplishing this would be developed based on the detailed information required from the study of the individual systems. A study was undertaken based ont he 'reverse engineering' of four systems: STINGER, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), BLACK HAWK (UH-60A), and the Fault Detection and Isolation Subsystems of the M1 tank. The term 'reverse engineering' is intended to suggest the process of determining how products of the WSAP came to be as they are. This is the final report of the project. It contains a description of the study process, brief summaries of the analysis of the individual systems, the synthesis of the four systems studies, and the recommendations and products that were developed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA157693
Entities
People
- Arthur Marcus
- Christine R. Hartel
- David M. Promisel
- John A. Whittenburg
- Jonathan D. Kaplan
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences