Volume III. Systems Phase, Chapter 3: Human Factors.

Abstract

Many of the man-made products and environments of our civilization are created by people, for use by people in their everyday lives as in our mission, the defense of our nation. In many such instances the design features of the products and environments directly influence the success of the mission; this often results in the ultimate bottom line, mission success or failure, life or death. This text deals with some of the problems and processes that are involved in man's efforts to design an aircraft and pilot/aircrew interface so they optimally serve their intended use. In today's environment of high technology, we design aircraft with exceptional performance, agility, and complexity, such that the operator(s), the human, has become the weak link, the limiting factor of the weapons system. This effort constitutes an attempt to expose you as evaluators of weapons systems to some of the areas of concern where man and machine meet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA320038

Entities

People

  • Mike Stollings
  • Robert Wenning
  • Thomas Mccloy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Flight Instruments
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design