Design Issues for Helmet-Mounted Display Systems for Rotary-Wing Aviation.

Abstract

Since the l970s, the trend in Army aviation has been to rely on helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) to provide the aircrew with pilotage imagery, flight information, and fire control imagery and symbology. This paper is intended to serve as both a checklist and a guide for designers of future integrated helmet and display systems for rotary-wing aircraft. In this paper: 1) salient performance parameters of such systems are identified; 2) recommendations for values of these parameters are suggested, based on past research and the opinions of subject matter experts; 3) an analysis of potential health and safety hazards is provided; 4) a human factors engineering assessment (HFEA) is provided; and 5)lessons learned from previously fielded U.S. Army HMD systems are summarized. However, this paper is not a cookbook for building an integrated helmet and display system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA352464

Entities

People

  • Ben T. Mozo
  • Clarence E. Rash
  • John C. Mora
  • Melissa H. Ledford
  • William E. McLean

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Asthenopia
  • Data Displays
  • Electro-Optics
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design