The U.S. Army has entered into a program of research related to automated command and control (C2) tools for ground combat vehicles. This program, called Combat Vehicle Command and Control (CVCC), has a bilateral component with the Ministry of Defense of Germany. The sponsor of this program is the Tank Automotive Command (TACOM). The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Fort Knox Field Unit is responsible for one of the five program teams. This report provides a brief description of the CVCC program from the perspective of user requirements and soldier-machine interface. It contains an overview of the potential problems in an automated C3 system from the operational perspective. Finally, it presents a sample of key issues that might be addressed through the use of soldier-in-the-loop simulation.
Review of Armor Battalion and Below Automated Command and Control (C2) Soldier Performance Requirements
1991
82 pages
Report
No indication
English
Combat Vehicles , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Human Factors Engineering , Combat vehicles , Armor , Army personnel , Army research , Automation , Automotive components , Battalion level organizations , Ground vehicles , Interfaces , Man machine systems , Performance(Engineering) , Performance(Human) , Requirements , Teams(Personnel) , User needs , Command and control systems , Soldier machine interface , Army operations , CVCC(Combat Vehicle Command and Control) , Armored vehicles , Command control communications , Tanks(Combat Vehicles) , Human factors engineering