Military Pilot Ergonomics,

Abstract

This paper addresses the growing concern in the sector of the community represented by the membership of the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel over the working environment of the modern military pilot of the ability of this man-machine system to perform its assigned mission. The problem facing virtually all modern military command and control systems is processing and selection among increasingly large amounts of information. Poor system design or excessive mission demands result in high operator workload. A crew workload problem exists in today's tactical military aircraft that can contribute to mission failure or loss of pilot and aircraft. This paper presents some examples of current designs in which it appears that design engineers have not understood or have ignored fundamental requirements of human sensory and cognitive characteristics and limitations. It provides some background to the current problem of the man-machine interface in the tactical military aircraft, describes some current approaches to achieving increased mission performance and discusses what is needed to address these issues adequately.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP004503

Entities

People

  • I. C. Statler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Aircraft
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Pilots
  • Pilots
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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