Human Consequences of Agile Aircraft (Cycle de conferences sur les facteurs humains lies au pilotage des avions de combat tres manoeuvrants)
Abstract
This Lecture Series evaluates the human factors implications for pilots of "superagile flight", specifically with regard to agile airframes, agile weapons, and rapidly configurable systems. During interviews, experienced pilots have confirmed the operational need for military aircraft agility. Although pilots have noted that their experiences to date have not caused them any major concerns regarding the potential for physiological problems, significant gaps remain in our understanding of the effects of multi-axis accelerations. Human consequences are also anticipated in the area of situational awareness. Presentation of aircraft attitude and energy state in a helmet mounted display will be a design challenge. The minimal constraints on aircraft incidence angles and the expanded weapon launch envelopes anticipated with the forthcoming and next generations of air systems requires the provision of novel displays to enable pilots to effectively operate such air systems. Decision aids, intelligent interfaces and automated subsystems are required to enable pilots to maintain situational awareness whilst coping with dramatic increases in the tempo of the tactical situation and the data deluge'. Moreover, many of the current pilot protection systems will be inadequate for everyday use in such an unconstrained flight envelope and during ejection. Additional challenges in selection, simulation, and training are also anticipated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA388054
Entities
Organizations
- NATO Science and Technology Organization