The mode s data link under development by the faa is an essential upgrade to the existing air traffic control (atc) system. in order to insure the improvements in safety and efficiency of atc services mediated by this data link, it will be necessary to assess its effects on the workload and… More

Tactical mission effectiveness is dependent on a very few individuals who display extraordinary capacity to perceive, integrate, and act. the primary purpose of the present effort is to enhance the ability to identify and train such individuals by developing a novel assessment approach based on a… More

This sbir phase i effort proposes a comprehensive review of the literature to identify alternative models for categorizing the training of those individuals with differing levels of workload tolerance. possible intervention techniques will be analyzed in terms of this model, and a training… More

The Situation Awareness Flight Training Evaluator (SAFTE) is a synthetic task representation of a general purpose combat aircraft flight trainer that is based on a 386/486 IBM PC mircocomputer. SAFTE is designed to teach, evaluate, and select the basic piloting and situation awareness (SA) skills… More

A novel approach to measuring human performance under high angular acceleration (especially, but not limited to centrifuge research) is developed in this Phase I proposal. The approach begins with intensive interaction between the operational user community and the performance-test developers to… More

The complexity of modern military systems makes it critical that degraded operators be identified prior to going on duty. Current readiness to perform tests primarily utilize off-line behavioral techniques to identify such operators. The present proposal details two separate but related… More

The TATTLE-TAIL concept nominally provides for a dedicated, expendable sensor that can be carried and released by a weapon. on weapon release, the TATTLE-TAIL would remain with the weapon for a short time, then be automatically released, and possibly suspended by a retarding device. A low-precision… More

The possibility of performance decrement due to a pilot's use of therapeutic chemicals, both prescription and over-the-counter, is a continuing concern of aerospace medicine. This concern is aggravated in advanced aircraft, since even low levels of performance decrement on the part of the… More

Not Available NASA's Microgravity Materials Science research programs require rapid cooling of samples to enhance microstructural analysis. A sample quench rate of up to 100¿C/sec is desired which is shown to be unattainable using traditional quench system and Sample A

The goal of this effort is to model human perceptual orientation in a way that it can, as part of the flight control system, alert pilots to various spatial disorientation (SD) conditions. NTI will survey existing models and develop a recommendeduniversal model of how the human perceive motion in… More

Increasingly, helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) are replacing

Even as military conflict becomes more complex and technologically sophisticated, it is evident that there is a need to focus attention on the individual as both warrior and system controller. DoD is committed to optimizing the warfighter's physical,psychological, and cognitive capabilities to… More

A significant need exists to develop field-usable techniques allowing a user to estimate the performance effects of acceleration forces on the pilot-warfighter. This is required if countermeasures are to be evaluated, and if training and/or combatG-exposure standards are to be developed. Phase I… More

A significant need exists to develop field-usable techniques allowing a user to estimate the performance effects of acceleration forces on the pilot-warfighter. This is required if countermeasures are to be evaluated, and if training and/or combatG-exposure standards are to be developed. Phase I… More

The goal of this Phase II SBIR is to fully implement a computerized cognitive assessment system that will assess skills critical to military and civil tasks. In Phase I, current cognitive models were integrated and evaluated to develop a comprehensivelist of cognitive functions that would need to… More

The goal of this Phase II SBIR is to fully implement a computerized cognitive assessment system that will assess skills critical to military and civil tasks. In Phase I, current cognitive models were integrated and evaluated to develop a comprehensivelist of cognitive functions that would need to… More

Previous cognitive performance batteries have been based on diverse theoretical underpinnings. Such batteries either overlap cognitive functions or fail to consider warfighter cognitive skills that are critical to mission success. In Phase I of thisSBIR, NTI surveyed current models of cognition… More

Spatial disorientation (SD) contributes up to 30% of all Class A mishaps in the United States Air Force. Type I SD mishaps occur because pilots do not attend to or misread primary flight information from their cockpit displays. The inability of currentdisplays to provide pilots with intuitive and… More

The objective of this proposed Phase I SBIR effort is to develop and assess the feasibility of an innovative new flight instrument proposed to replace the traditional Turn Coordinator (or Turn-and-Slip Indicator) currently found in most general aviation (GA) aircraft. The primary innovation is the… More

The objective of this proposed Phase II SBIR effort is to continue Phase I efforts to develop and assess the feasibility of an innovative new flight instrument proposed to replace the traditional Turn Coordinator (or Turn-and-Slip Indicator) currently found in most general aviation (GA) aircraft.… More

Existing cognitive performance test batteries consist of synthetic tasks that, while they may probe isolated cognitive functions, provide an incomplete and unconvincing picture of an individual's true cognitive capacity within the total context of space missions. In essence, they are 'laboratory'… More

Existing cognitive performance test batteries consist of synthetic tasks that, while they may probe isolated cognitive functions, provide an incomplete and unconvincing picture of an individual's true cognitive capacity within the total context of space missions. In essence, they are 'laboratory'… More

The ACRA test battery has proven successful in several applications. However, new approaches to cognitive testing emphasize instruments that are targeted to the unique demands of specific jobs and missions. Further, the results of such approaches must allow operational planners to use them as… More

In Phase I, NTI conceptualized, designed, and demonstrated an enhanced Army Cognitive Readiness Assessment (ACRA) system that contained several innovations likely to revolutionize the way neurocognitive testing is carried out in the future. The initial effort expanded the number and range of ACRA… More