An Assessment of ELINT Exploitation for Situational Awareness Visualisations on Operator Situational Awareness
Abstract
An Interactive Project Agreement (IPA) between Electronic Warfare and Radar Division of the Defense Science Technology Organization and Thales Australia (formerly ADI Limited) has an initial aim to evaluate DSTO innovations flowing from its ELINT Exploitation for Situational Awareness (ELEXSA) task within Thales Australia's operational situational awareness tool Llama-Cheetah. This document outlines the human in the loop experiment undertaken to determine whether the visual enhancements provided by ELEXSA computational components increased operator situational awareness, thereby improving their ability to achieve tactical goals. Analysis of three hypotheses showed that ELEXSA Enhanced Llama: (1) increases operator survivability; (2) shortens mission duration; and (3) reduces the time helicopter spends vulnerable to detection, compared to Standard Llama. Analysis of anecdotal reports showed that operators using ELEXSA Enhanced Llama had lower workload and stress levels and more accurate perceptions of their vulnerability to radar detection than operators using Standard Llama.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA463716
Entities
People
- Catherine Howard
- Craig Keogh
- Jeff Sturm
- Keith Mason
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Group