A Man-Machine Interface Concept for a State-of-Art, Shipboard, Command/Control Console,

Abstract

Existing tactical display/control consoles which are located in Combat Information Centers aboard Navy vessels do not take full advantage of existing hardware/software/human factors technology. In addition to limitations imposed by hardware constraints, the user-interface software imposes a difficult-to-learn interface upon the complex task-demands of the command and control environment. The Navy Ocean Systems Center has developed a prototype for a command/control console which features many design advantages in comparison to existing consoles. The new configuration presents a diverse array of human-engineering issues, some specific to this console and others generic to all consoles. An overview of these issues and relevant research conducted at NOSC is presented in this paper. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002894

Entities

People

  • G. A. Osga

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Information Centers
  • Command And Control
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Massachusetts
  • Military Research
  • Systems Engineering
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control