An Evaluation of the F/FB/EF-111 Crew/Voice Message System

Abstract

In support of the F/FB/EF-111 Digital Flight Control System Program Office, subjective and performance data were collected in order to provide the government and contractor engineers with information needed in the design of a Voice Message Unit (VMU) interface for the F/FB/EF-111 aircraft. The VMU, one of the new safety of flight systems, is being included as part of the Digital Flight Control Computer. The VMU will be used as a means for alerting crew members to flight critical conditions. The evaluation was comprised of two phases. During the first phase, questionnaire data were collected from a sample of 119 operational F/FB/EF-111 crew members. The second phase of the evaluation involved the mechanization of the VMU interface in an FB-111 simulator, located at the Crew Station Design Facility, for pilots' on-hand experience with the content of the voice messages and the mechanization aspects of the interface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205998

Entities

People

  • E. M. Matheson
  • J. A. Hassoun
  • J. M. Barnaba

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Crews
  • Governments
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Low Altitude
  • Message Systems
  • Recognition
  • Statistical Analysis
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.