Aviation NVG Desert Training and Operations Planning Guide

Abstract

The airborne sand, featurelesss terrain, and southwest Asia present aviators with a hazardous environment for night vision goggle operations. A research project was directed by the U.S. Army Safety Center was conducted in Southwest Asia during the period 1-30 December 1990. The primary purpose of the project was to determine maximum airspeeds, optimum altitudes, and auxiliary aircraft lighting for safer NVG operations under the full spectrum of illumination levels for terrains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA382363

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Detection
  • Dry Lakes
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Paths
  • Guidance
  • Light Sources
  • Navigation
  • Night Vision
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Tactical Decision Aids

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.