A Summary of Crew Workload and Situational Awareness Ratings for U.S. Army Aviation Aircraft

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate (ARL/HRED) assesses crewstation design for new and upgraded U.S. Army Aviation aircraft during simulations and operational testing. The assessments are conducted to identify and eliminate human factors design problems. ARL/HRED evaluates pilot workload and situational awareness (SA) during simulations and operational testing to assess crewstation design. To date, more than 12,000 pilot workload ratings and 3000 pilot SA ratings have been collected by ARL/HRED for Army aircraft. This report summarizes the Bedford Workload Rating Scale, Situation Awareness Rating Technique, and China Lake Situational Awareness scale ratings collected during simulations and operational testing to assess crewstation design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA606506

Entities

People

  • Anthony W. Morris
  • Brad M. Davis
  • David B. Durbin
  • Jamison S. Hicks

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Military Research
  • Radio Communications
  • Reconnaissance
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.