Coalition Warfare Program Tactile Situation Awareness System for Aviation Applications: System Development

Abstract

This report describes further development efforts concerning a Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS). TSAS is a garment containing vibrotactile stimulators that provide aircraft flight control feedback to the torso. TSAS is intended to assist aviators by reducing workload, increasing situation awareness, and reducing the likelihood of brownout mishaps. During simulation and flight tests, pilots using TSAS have demonstrated the ability to non-visually hover helicopters, while consistently reporting reduced workload and increased situation awareness. The current effort enlarged the surface area of the garment to extend the capability beyond hovering to include complete forward flight control (pitch and roll) so that the technology could be transitioned to the helicopter pilot community and effect a reduction of brownout mishaps. This report describes the delivery of this new suite of capabilities, including the cueing garments, avionics interfaces, and software compatible with military helicopter platforms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA595728

Entities

People

  • Angus H. Rupert
  • Ben D. Lawson

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Army Aviation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronics
  • Flight Simulators
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Simulators
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).