Using cutting-edge technology to create a human factors advantage in military operations will contribute to success on the battlefield of the future whether below the surface, on the surface, in the air, or in space. Human factors system selection in the past has appeared to be arbitrary and intermittent, with no unifying vision and apparently little or no coordination between the military services. Mature, timely applied technology will reduce risk and enhance combat capability. By decreasing mishaps during training and combat, there will be a reduced number of lost lives of highly trained and costly aircrew, while preserving training and combat assets (aircraft/unmanned vehicles). A concomitant increase in survivability through better understanding of human factors technology will ultimately give the modern aviation warrior a tactical edge throughout the full spectrum of combat and provide secondary benefits to the civilian aviation sector. This paper will explain currently available and emerging aviation human factors technological advances in today's military aviation weapons systems and recommend a vision (and direction) for the most promising, emerging aviation human factors-related technological advances. Emerging human factors areas addressed in this paper include fatigue; vision enhancement/refractive eye surgery; nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons; directed energy weapons; mishap reduction; service culture; situational awareness; spatial disorientation; simulation; and training. It is hoped that this vision will focus technological direction so that the advances may be incorporated more rapidly into operational aviation combat systems.
Aircrew Performance Cutting-Edge Tech: Emerging Human Performance Enhancement Technology Vision in Support of Operational Military Aviation Strategy
2002
67 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Human Factors Engineering , Protective Equipment , Optimization , Military aircraft , Flight crews , Performance(Human) , Human factors engineering , Aerial warfare , Aviation safety , Nuclear weapons , Combat effectiveness , Naval aviation , Survivability , Decontamination , Solutions(General) , Marine corps aviation , Aviation accidents , Protective equipment , Radiation protection , Man machine systems , Biological warfare agents , Flight simulation , Prevention , Collision avoidance , Directed energy weapons , Rotary wing aircraft , Army aviation , Chemical warfare agents , Physiological disorientation , Fatigue(Physiology) , Aviation injuries , Cns stimulants , Distributed interactive simulation , Situational awareness , Risk management , Emerging technologies , Accident reduction , Vision enhancement , Refractive eye surgery , Rk(Radial keratotomy) , Prk(Photorefractive keratectomy) , Lasik(Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis) , Lep(Laser eye protection) , Ltamps(Laser threat and mission planning systems) , Gpws(Ground proximity warning systems) , Apgcas(Automatic predictive ground collision avoidance systems) , Distributed mission training , Spatial disorientation training , Brown out scenarios , Tsas(Vibro-tactile situation awareness system suits) , Capas(Computer assisted performance analysis systems) , Orm(Operational risk management) , Cultural hazards , Safety culture workshops , Squadron culture
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