The Effect of Hovering Flares on Visual Target Acquisition

Abstract

A laboratory experiment was conducted on a terrain model to assess the effect of a hovering flare on target acquisition performance. One group of subjects was asked to search for targets of opportunity by the light of two hovering flares. Another group searched with two normally descending flares. The hovering flare group found 59% of the targets as compared to 52% by the descending flare group. Although this difference is statistically significant, its operational significance is open to question. The data are shown to be directly related to the area on the ground illuminated by 0.2 footcandle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB002554

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Searle
  • Robert L. Hilgendorf
  • Ronald A. Erickson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Biomedical Research
  • Detection
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Systems Analysis
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Visual Targets
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Solar Physics