Improving Target Orientation Discrimination Performance in Air-to-Air Flight Simulation

Abstract

When performing air-to-air combat within visual range of the target aircraft, pilots are in an extremely high workload environment where they are pushing their own limits, as well as that of their aircraft. Nearly all attention is focused visually on trying to acquire, track and assess the adversary's orientation and range. If a pilot detects the enemy just a second or two later than the enemy detects them, or misjudges the orientation of the enemy aircraft and falsely concludes how he is maneuvering - the enemy will likely shoot him down first.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414893

Entities

People

  • Gary Serfoss

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Aspect Angle
  • Combat Simulations
  • Detection
  • Equations
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Pilots
  • Reliability
  • Simulators
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.