Crew size has become a critical issue in military vehicle design. Motivated by the needs of organizations such as the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity and the Future Combat System (FCS) lead system integrator, Boeing-Science Applications International Corporation, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) decided to take the initiative to investigate this issue. The focus of this trade study was to determine the viability of transitioning to a two-soldier crew for the line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) platforms in the early FCS force designs for Increment I. The LOS-BLOS platform is now called the mounted combat system (MCS). The two- versus three-soldier crew analysis was conducted with task-network models built with the computer simulation tool, Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (IMPRINT). IMPRINT was developed by ARL to evaluate possible system performance by calculating the mental workload associated with each operator to complete a specified mission. Within this trade study, these missions were simulated with networks of functions and tasks representative of possible missions that would be performed by FCS MCS crew members. This study focused on the LOS engagement portion of the MCS mission. The initial IMPRINT models were developed from existing IMPRINT models of other combat platforms. While the MCS platform should have greater capabilities than its predecessor, the functions of driving, shooting, and communicating are fundamentally the same. FCS concepts seek to equip the MCS crew with technology to enhance their mission performance. These initial models were to be the baseline concept, and the desire was to add technology to the models as applicable.
Trade Study: A Two- Versus Three-Soldier Crew for the Mounted Combat System (MCS) and Other Future Combat System Platforms
2003
74 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Weapon systems , Platforms , Combat forces , Computerized simulation , Line of sight , Military personnel , Military vehicles , Base lines , Crews , Integrators , Design criteria , Fcs(Future combat system) , Mcs(Mounted combat system) , Crew size , Trade studies , Beyond line of sight , Imprint(Improved performance research integration tool) , Imprint computer program , Mental workload
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