Research and Sustainment for Crew Systems Interface Laboratory (R&SCIL)
Abstract
In the past, Government/ contractor relations for technical support contracts focused solely on the research as a collaborative team effort. However, today's diminishing research funding and the need for more outside exposure demand that the entire process of research, marketing, and technology transition be collaborative efforts among the Government and support contractors. The main program management thrust at the onset of R&SCSIL was to market the lab as widely and effectively as possible in order to increase the use of their existing resources, broaden the useful technology base and operational applications, develop more effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Space Vehicle operator interfaces, provide increased benefits to the warfighter, transition technology for commercial use, and increase annual revenues from outside sources. Through numerous avenues, SYTRONICS leveraged significant funding to accomplish tasks for the labs. Some of these finding initiatives provided start-up funding for a major initiative to develop and study the human factors that enhance building and sustaining shared situation awareness between crew members performing as ground-based and airborne battle-managers; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) asset controllers; and air combat pilots during Network-Centric Operation and in particular unmanned vehicle operators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA441440
Entities
People
- A. J. Sedler
- S. S. Grigsby
- W. P. Marshak