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NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Multifunctional Color Cockpit Display Technology Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation Bethesda, Maryland July 25-26, 2000. Dr. Ron Colantonio Aviation Safety Program Office
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NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Multifunctional Color Cockpit Display Technology Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation Bethesda, Maryland July 25-26, 2000 Dr. Ron Colantonio Aviation Safety Program Office NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio
Display Objectives VISION Create innovative weather information solutions that significantly increase aviation safety • Develop enhanced weather presentations that minimize interpretation and provide enhanced situation awareness • Develop decision-making aids which facilitate monitoring and collaboration
Aircraft Capabilities User Capabilities Data Link Onboard Sensors Automet Position Weather Information Navigation Information Flight Plan Ground Wx System Weather Products Traffic Terrain Data Link Special Use Airspace AWIN System -Operator Support Presentation Decision Aids User Interface Processor
Interface Technologies Presentations Enhanced Situation Awareness (SA) Decision Aids Operator Support Trilogy • Formats • Colors, symbology • Architecture • What info & • When • How access info • Workload • Heads-up • Alerting, Monitoring • Compelling info
H/F Guidelines Comparative Assessment Formative Evaluations Presentation Alternatives CRA’s Survey Previous Works Interface Alternatives SBIR’s GA & Transport Task Analysis Sim/Flight Testing Concept Development Define Research Issues Presentation & Interface Technologies Presentation & Interface SA CRA: Industry Cooperative Agreements; SBIR: Small Business Innovative Research; SA: Situational Awareness; H/F: Human Factors
D/A Workshop Survey Previous Works Assess Current D/A Capabilities Define Research Issues GA & Transport Task Analysis Sim/Flight Testing Concepts & Alternatives Decision Aiding (D/A) Decision Aiding SA
Challenges • Retrofit • Workload • Human Error • Tactical Information Presentation • Accessibility to Technology
Research Activities • Presentation & Interface • COTS Formative Evaluation • Human Factors Guidelines • Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis • 757 Flight Test • Non-tactile Interfaces • Decision Aiding • Naturalistic Decision Making w/ Wx Information • Flight Experiment • Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis • RTI Task on Flight Information Service Data Link (FISDL)
NCAR Boeing AWIN Cooperative Agreement FedEx MD-11 USAF NC-21 USAF C-135C Pilot Access Terminal (PAT) Stowed in Canister Coverage Areas
Oceanic Convective Nowcasting Demonstration United Airlines 747-400 High-Resolution OCND Weather Product 747-400 Cockpit
Honeywell AWIN Cooperative Agreement Close up of WINN interface in an United Airline B-777 Simulator Wide angle photo of WINN interface mounted in an United Airline B-777 Simulator
GA Cockpit Display of Weather Information National NEXRAD Weather Product Multi-Function Display Installation in General Aviation Cockpit Icing Probability Weather Product
Future Plans • Formulate Presentation Architecture • Adaptive, Reconfigurable, Portable/Wearable
Future Plans • Develop Interface Alternatives • Non-tactile Courtesy of IBM
Future Plans • Enhance Decision Making Jeppesen Sanderson (1999)