Observing Team Coordination within Army Rotary-Wing Aircraft Crews

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using team decision models to help train crew coordination in the tactical helicopter domain. Ten aircrews were studied as they performed a tactical mission in a UH-60 simulator facility at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The results indicate that the methods can be adapted for observing team decision-making processes during some types of helicopter missions. Five opportunities for aircrew coordination training were identified: rehearsing mission functional profiles, analyzing commander's intent during preplanning sessions, focusing the time horizon, avoiding micromanagement, and getting cues for anticipation/confirmation during the actual mission. Recommendations were presented for training observers and instructors to use these categories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252234

Entities

People

  • Gary A. Klein
  • Marvin L. Thordsen
  • Steve Wolf

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cognition
  • Command And Control
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Flight Crews
  • Helicopters
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Science