Modern MANPRINT (Manpower and Personnel Integration) Instrumentation

Abstract

Soldier performance is now recognized as a vital component of weapon system effectiveness, and Army Regulation 602-2 requires measurement of soldier performance of critical operations and maintenance tasks. However, the presence of much of the instrumentation traditionally used to record such performance tends to be obvious and may in fact intrude on the simulated tactical play of most operational tests. This document presents the results of a recent survey of electronic instrumentation which is suitable for detecting and measuring soldier performance, but which is also either not noticeable by test participants or which is at least unobtrusive enough not to distract soldiers from full participation in the tactical situation of the test. Some of this instrumentation has already been used successfully on military systems, and that listed here has been selected from vendor's responses based on the criteria of unobtrusiveness, low cost, and reliability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA192778

Entities

People

  • Derek Duchein
  • John F. Scott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Data Acquisition
  • Defense Systems
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Military Applications
  • Military Research
  • Recording Systems
  • Social Sciences
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Video
  • Video Cameras
  • Video Recording
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems