Instruments for Evaluating the Intervehicular Information System
Abstract
To facilitate effective small unit command, control, and communication (C3) performance, the U.S. Army Armor Center is currently assessing the benefits of including an automated C3 display, the Intervehicular Information System (IVIS), in the upgraded Block II M1 Abrams tank. IVIS is a computer-based distributed information management system proposed to improve lower echelon C3 performance. In support of this effort, the U.S. Army Research Institute Field Unit-Fort Knox and its Simulation Based Assessment of Automated Command, Control, and Communication Capabilities for Armor Crews and Platoons: The Intervehicular Information System. The IVIS evaluation compared the performance of tank crews and platoons using a prototype IVIS with the performance of crews and platoons using conventional C3 and navigation tools. The research was conducted early in the IVIS materiel acquisition process and evaluated the IVIS concept as represented in reconfigured Simulation Network- Developmental (SIMNET-D) M1 simulators. The evaluation included (a) an assessment of the tank crew and platoon performance effects of IVIS; (b) an examination of the unique training requirements of IVIS; and (c) an evaluation of soldier use of, and reactions to, the IVIS soldier machine interface (SMI).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA231398
Entities
People
- Paul G. Smith
- Robert S. Du Bois
Organizations
- Universal Energy Systems