MANPRINT Newsletter Fall/Winter 2006

1. The Director’s Corner……………………………………. Article: AIR FORCE HSI’mmmmmm Back - AIRPRINT Launched, Larry A. Carr, USAF HSI Office and Bob Lindberg, 311 HSW/PE………………………………… Article: NDI: A MANPRINT Challenge, L. Taylor Jones, MANPRINT Directorate…………………………………. Meetings of Interest……………………………………… MANPRINT Central Contact Information………………. Did You Know?.............................................................. MANPRINT Training Schedule…………………………. MANPRINT Information…………………………………. Reader’s Response………………………………………. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 MANPRINT Newsletter Fall/Winter 2006 The Director’s Corner Contents… Thanks to the work and contributions of many of you, we had a terrific MANPRINT Practitioners’ Workshop in the beginning of November. Highlights of the workshop included a presentation by MG Myles, Commander, ATEC. General Myles gave an enthusiastic endorsement of the role of MANPRINT in the systems acquisition process. ATEC now includes personnel who are members of the MANPRINT community, and the relationship between ATEC and MANPRINT has never been better. A former commander of ATEC, MG (R) Larry Lehowicz also attended most of the workshop. Congratulations to all those who received awards. This is my favorite part of the workshop. MANPRINTers are doing a great job and I certainly encourage our community to nominate their colleagues so that their superb work can be publicly recognized. My predecessor as MANPRINT Director, Dr. Hal Booher, received the MANPRINT Foundation award for his considerable contributions to the community in recent years. In addition to updates on several substantive areas from Army and industry colleagues, Dee Quashnock and Dr. Rick Drawbaugh described the progress of HSI programs in the Navy and Air Force. Larry Carr further reports on AF progress in this issue of the Newsletter. In MANPRINT Directorate news, we have two new staff members. Dr. John Warner, formerly of HRED/Ft. Huachuca, has joined our staff. In addition, Taylor Jones, who has been an IPA for almost four years, is now a government employee. Taylor remains at Redstone Arsenal. Also, I have two new bosses. First, LTG Michael Rochelle is now the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, and Mr. Karl Schneider is the Assistant G-1. I have briefed both of them on the MANPRINT program and I can assure you that we will continue to have the high-level support in HQDA that we have enjoyed in the past. Mr. Schneider attended part of the Workshop. One sad note, however, is that the Deputy Undersecretary of the Army (Operations Research), Mr. Walt Hollis, has retired after distinguished service to the Army and our nation in parts of seven different decades. Mr. Hollis was one of our strongest supporters and his support and counsel will be missed. At his retirement ceremony, Mr. Hollis described his first job in the Army, teaching troops to use the WWII flame-thrower. He had concluded that the item was poorly designed for soldiers (an early MANPRINT finding!), and that realization was the inspiration for many of the things that he did later in his career. The DUSA(OR) responsibilities have now been distributed to several different offices in HQDA. Upcoming HSI events include the AUSA meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, 7-9 March, and the Human Systems Integration Symposium in Annapolis, MD, 19-21 March. This AUSA meeting is especially oriented towards acquisition. We expect to have a display booth at both events, so if you are there, please stop by. I will also be attending both events. Michael Drillings , Director for MANPRINT

2. Col. (Ret) Larry Carr, staffed the HSI implementation proposal forward. He joins Dr. Drawbaugh’s staff in leading the AIRPRINT program. Dr. Butler, the Air Force Material Command’s Deputy for Engineering (AFMC/EN) is implementing HSI execution within systems engineering. Col. Brown and Bob Lindberg’s cadre continue to provide vital support for HSI in systems acquisition as the program matures. Full HSI implementation will place HSI practitioners at the Air Force Material Command at Wright PattersonAFB, Ohio. They will join the Air Force Research Lab, the Air Force Institute of Occupational Health, the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, and engineering personnel to integrate HSI within the systems engineering process in all acquisition programs. • Current efforts are underway to identify case studies of successful Air Force HSI application and to join the Army and Navy in crafting a joint HSI report for Congress. The Air Force is writing a Policy Directive for HSI with supporting language in Systems Engineering Instructions. Dr. Drawbaugh’s team is briefing each Major Command in the Air Force and continues to solicit support for infusing HSI as a way of doing business throughout the Air Force – from concept inception to disposal of a weapon system. Dr. Drawbaugh worked very closely with Army and Navy HSI leaders to take advantage of MANPRINT and SEAPRINT lessons learned, success stories, HSI methodologies and tools. • The AIRPRINT Vision is “Integrating Air Force people and technology for total systems performance” the new mission statement is to: “Ensure all AF war-fighting systems are designed, built, operated, and sustained in a manner that optimizes human performance at every war-fighter level.” • AIRPRINT has selected two key targets: • 1) Increasing total system performance and • 2) Reducing life cycle cost. • As Dr. Drawbaugh points out, “HSI is what we do. AIRPRINT is how we do it.” As we continue to move forward, we will use HSI to help our people think more about people, the mission and the Air Force. • (311 HSW/PA, Case File No: 06-434) AIR FORCE HSI’mmmmmmm Back:AIRPRINT Launched Larry A. Carr, USAF HSI Office & Bob Lindberg, 311 HSW/PE The Air Force Human Systems Integration (HSI) Office has established the Airmen Performance Integration (AIRPRINT) program, led by Dr. Richard B. Drawbaugh (SES). It now joins both the Army’s MANPRINT program and the Navy Systems Engineering, Acquisition, and Personnel Integration (SEAPRINT) program. The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, General John D. Corley, accepted responsibility for the program and Dr. Drawbaugh was named Principal Advisor for Air Force HSI in August 2006. This follows 2 years of concentrated effort to create a sustainable HSI program for the Air Force Chief of Staff. In July 2004, the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) briefed the Air Force Chief of Staff on the history of HSI, its potential and its current state within the Air Force. The SAB concluded the Air Force HSI program required immediate attention to adequately address the changing roles, missions and demands that Air Force personnel were facing; and that HSI needed significant senior level support. These HSI findings were addressed by an HSI Integrated Process Team that began Air Staff briefings in May of 2005. The Staff accepted the recommendations, agreeing that the Vice Chief of Staff was the right integrator to lead Air Force advocacy. Prior to the SAB study, responsibility for Air Force HSI belonged to the 311th Human Systems Wing at Brooks City-Base, Texas. Under the leadership of Colonel Lex Brown and Bob Lindberg, the Air Force program increased visibility by supporting joint programs, participating in Human Systems Integration Symposia, completing a revision of Systems 160, HSI e-learning course, and leading the DoD Human Factors Technical Advisory Group. Bob Lindberg helped develop recommendations for the AIRPRINT model and developed the Air Force Knowledge Now HSI Community of Practice (CoP): https://wwwd.my.af.mil/afknprod/ASPs/CoP/EntryCoP.asp?Filter=HP-HS HSI practitioners across all the services will find this link very useful as we post important HSI information. Page 2 MANPRINT Newsletter

3. NDI: A MANPRINT Challenge been documented at the highest levels. The National Defense Authorization Act of 1987 requires theDepartment of Defense (DoD) to use NDI to fulfill needs to the greatest extent possible. This has led to the perfunctory statement of needs in generic terms of required performance, function and essential characteristics. DODD 5000.1 further requires use of an existing US/allied military or commercial system to be assessed and thoroughly reviewed as an approach to meeting a requirement. Full consideration is required, when possible, of using “off-the-shelf” commercial products. NDI presents some notable benefits in the acquisition process. State-of-the-art technology can be rapidly acquired by the services. Research and development costs are reduced. Time to field can be abbreviated. The mobilization base is expanded to include available commercial production facilities. And finally, logistic support costs may be reduced via already available training plans, publications, drawings and special tools. Such advantages may well justify selection or modification of an off-the-shelf item. Yet as the user may get a system sooner, the challenge remains in such an accelerated process to ensure that the end product is fully suitable to the target audience and mission. Requirements must be carefully cross-walked against the performance capability of the proposed item. Existing commercial test data must be validated and operational testing performed. Integrated logistics support activities normally accomplished in conventional preproduction phases may have to be radically accelerated, drawing heavily on manpower and funding resources. Numerous total system performance concerns go hand-in-hand with the inherent test and logistics issues. MANPRINT constraints should not be traded-off too easily during the NDI process, nor should design influence be reduced. Judgments should not be automatically based on market place data. Human system integration requirements must be accommodated by the hardware. Manpower, personnel and training are critical decision points as to the suitability of an off-the-shelf Preface I wrote this article for the May/June 1992 MANPRINT Bulletin. It also appeared in the Army RD & A and Ordnance Magazines. The acquisition of Non-Developmental Items (NDI) was challenging MANPRINT Practitioners. At the time, NDI was the appropriate acronym for Commercial Items. The terms COTS, NDI and Commercial Items were used interchangeably. Today, Commercial Item and NDI are the correct terms as applicable to this article (DA PAM 70-3). Although terminology and definitions have changed, the challenge presented to MANPRINT Practitioners by Commercial Items is still quite significant. During the 2006 MANPRINT Practitioners’ Workshop, MANPRINT Domain Experts joined me in presenting issues and approaches in the development of Commercial Items. I had received several comments that while this attached article is slightly dated, it is still quite applicable to our current efforts. I encourage the MANPRINT Community to be innovative and dedicated when presented the opportunity to include MANPRINT in Commercial Item development. We must make time in the Commercial Item/NDI acquisition process for MANPRINT. “Non-Developmental Item” (NDI) is a term which encompasses the acquisition of materiel from a wide variety of sources. All the services have significant examples of NDI programs. The Army modified the Chevrolet Blazer to perform as its Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV). The Air Force adopted a McDonnell Douglas passenger/freight aircraft to become the revered KC-10 tanker. An Israeli developed short-range remotely piloted vehicle was selected by the Navy. The Marine Corps has repeatedly acquired Army weapon systems as standard equipment. Simply stated, NDI acquisitions are characterized as previously developed hardware or software that can meet the user’s needs with little or no modification. The necessity for NDI use has By L. Taylor Jones MANPRINT Directorate Fall/Winter 2006 Page 3

4. Continued from page 3 The MI will ultimately focus on available technology as a direct response to the user’s requirements, and answer the all important question – Is NDI a viable option in this case? Central to this evaluation process will be the linkages established between MI questions and MANPRINT issues/domains. Care must be taken to provide an evaluation of not only the strengths and weaknesses of a system but also the potential trade-offs and resultant performance impacts. Features of available hardware that support the needs of soldier performance should then be embedded in the Test Evaluation Master Plan as system specific requirements, and again, included in the SMMP. Infusion from the SMMP to other majorprogram documentation, like the draft IntegratedLogistic Support Plan and the Operational Requirements Document, must occur. Ultimately, the Request for Proposal will then convey to industry the critical system MANPRINT characteristics which will be required and evaluated. Just as the NDI acquisition strategy is tailored to meet individual circumstances, so should MANPRINT working groups and documentation flex to accommodate change. The MANPRINT practitioner is thus challenged to initiate an efficient process early out. Tools such as the newly formatted SMMP and HARDMAN III modules may be appropriate for application to accelerated early life cycle of NDI. Domain assessment agencies must be proactive, and eschew fixed policies regarding NDI. The Materiel Developer should carefully oversee the translation of user’s needs into appropriate solicitation language, actively seeking human systems integration criteria. Most important is the understanding that NDI is but a variant of the system life cycle process. The user still initiates that process by establishing the need and materiel requirement. Therefore, the user must be equally responsible for early initiation of the MANPRINT effort. For the combat and training developer, as well as the program manager and contractor, keeping soldiers in the loop is very much the bottom line. There is a time in the NDI process for MANPRINT. system. An accelerated acquisition process may notallow adequate reaction time for the timelygeneration of a complete Basis of Issue Plan and Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information. The carefully prepared System Training Plan must focus on the soldier and training devices. Operational safety and health hazard risks must be identified and independently evaluated for acceptability. The absence of military standards in commercial design leads to a question of soldier-machine interface in varying environments. Finally, stabilization of human factors considerations can become difficult when the “as is” system is modified to meet turbulent requirements. Given that the success of MANPRINT has been traditionally dependent upon its ability to influence early program design towards user-system compatibility, critical documents in the NDI process must be targeted. The MANPRINT practitioner cannot employ all the time-intensive studies inherent to a fifteen year acquisition process. In the NDI buy, the concept arrives in the form of a fixed design, therefore human systems applications must be evaluated in the absence of a complete integration effort. To facilitate optimization of MANPRINT in a successful NDI life cycle, the System MANPRINT Management Plan (SMMP), Independent Evaluation Plans (IEP) and the Market Investigation (MI) should all remain constant requirements. However, these documents can and should be prudently tailored to the specific acquisition circumstances. The SMMP provides a basis for issue development and documentation through early analysis of total system performance objectives. The identified objectives are then used in establishing the critical MANPRINT issues to be included in the IEP. These issues must address the Army’s concerns and constraints as they pertain to the soldier performance and capabilities per system. Once these issues are included in the IEP, they can then be addressed as part of the formal Market Investigation (MI). Page 4 MANPRINT Newsletter

5. Meetings of Interest AUSA Winter Symposium and Exhibition 7-9 March 2007 Broward County Convention Center Fort Lauderdale, Florida Human Systems Integration Symposium 19-21 March 2007 Loews Annapolis Hotel Annapolis, Maryland AAAA Annual Convention 9 - 12 May 2007 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia Fall/Winter 2006 Page 5

6. MANPRINT Central Contact Information HQDA (DAPE-MR) 300 Army Pentagon Washington, DC 20310-0300 Fax: (703) 695-6997 MANPRINT@hqda.army.mil EMAIL DSN COMMERCIAL Dr. Michael Drillings michael.drillings@hqda.army.mil Dr. Beverly G. Knapp beverly.knapp1@hqda.army.mil L. Taylor Jones lauris.jones@amrdec.army.mil taylor.jones@hqda.army.mil Ms. Teresa Hanson teresa.hanson@hqda.army.mil Dr. John Warner john.warner@hqda.army.mil Mrs. Crystal McKay (MTC Contractor) crystal.mckay.ctr@hqda.army.mil 225-6761 225-6817 788-9558 225-5853 225-5820 225-5848 703-695-6761 703-695-6817 256-842-9558 703-695-5853 703-695-5820 703-695-5848 Page 6 MANPRINT Newsletter

7. ? ? Did You Know?………. • The winners of this year Practitioner of the Year Awards are presented below. • The MANPRINT Directorate welcomes current MANPRINT-related news, information, and articles to use for publication in our MANPRINT Newsletter. Please contact Lynne Garrett, lgarrett@maxtc.com or Crystal McKay, crystal.mckay@hqda.army.mil for more information and submission guidelines. Dr. Hal Booher receiving the MANPRINT Foundation Award from Dr. Michael Drillings MANPRINT PRACTITIONER OF THE YEAR AWARDEES Dr. Thomas Davis Mr. Steve Merriman Mr. David Harrah Dr. Ronald Weiss Mr. David Durbin Mr. Robert Gross Mr. David Hendrickson Fall/Winter 2006 Page 7

8. MANPRINT Training Schedule MANPRINT ACTION OFFICER’S COURSE (MAOC) CLASSSTART DATEEND DATELOCATION 2007-702 04 Dec 2006 08 Dec 2006 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 2007-001 22 Jan 2007 26 Jan 2007 ALMC, Fort Lee, VA 2007-704 05 Feb 2007 09 Feb 2007 Fort Bragg, NC 2007-705 07 May 2007 11 May 2007 Fort Leonard Wood, MO 2007-002 06 Aug 2007 10 Aug 2007 ALMC, Fort Lee, VA MANPRINT TAILORED TRAINING (APPLICATIONS COURSE) CLASSSTART DATEEND DATELOCATION 2007-702 14 Nov 2006 16 Nov 2006 Fort Bliss, TX 2007-703 30 Jan 2007 01 Feb 2007 Fort Belvoir, VA 2007-704 20 Mar 2007 22 Mar 2007 Fort Rucker, AL 2007-001 30 Apr 2007 02 May 2007 ALMC, Fort Lee, VA 2007-701 22 May 2007 24 May 2007 Fort Gordon, GA 2007-705 05 Jun 2007 07 Jun 2007 Rock Island, IL 2007-706 26 Jun 2007 28 Jun 2007 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 2007-707 31 Jul 2007 02 Aug 2007 Warren, MI 2007-708 18 Sep 2007 20 Sep 2007 Huntsville, AL (POC: Mr. Pat Wilson, COM (804) 765-4373, DSN 539-4373) Page 8 MANPRINT Newsletter

9. MANPRINT INFORMATION Articles, comments, and suggestions are welcomed and are to be submitted through the MANPRINT Contractor: MANPRINT Newsletter, Maximum Technology Corporation, 4910 University Square, Suite 4, P.O. Box 11817, Huntsville, AL 35814-1817; COM (256) 864-7630, FAX (256) 722-2149, E-mail: MANPRINT@hqda.army.mil MANPRINT Web Site: http://www.manprint.army.mil POLICY: Department of the Army, G1, ATTN: DAPE-MR, 300 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0300, DSN 225-5853, COM (703) 695-5853. DIRECTORY OF DESIGN SUPPORT METHODS: Defense Technical Information Center–MATRIS Office, DTIC-AM, NAS NI Bldg, 1482, Box 357011, San Diego, CA 92135-7011, DSN 735-9414, COM (619) 545-9414, E-mail: ddsm@dticam.dtic.mil, and web site: http://dticam.dtic.mil/hsi/ MANPRINT DOMAIN POCs MANPOWER, PERSONNEL, TRAINING & HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING: Mr. Thomas Haduch, Deputy Chief, Human Factors Integration Division, HRED, Army Research Laboratory, ATTN: AMSRD-ARL-HR-M, Bldg. 459, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5425, DSN 298-5817, COM (410) 278-5817, FAX (410) 278-0505, E-mail: thaduch@arl.army.mil SYSTEM SAFETY: DAC Kerry Brown or Mr. Randy Grunow, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army Safety Office, ATTN: DACS-SF, 223 23rd Street, Room 980, Arlington, VA  22202, DSN 329-2411 or 329-2409, COM (703) 601-2411 or (703) 601-2409, FAX (703) 601-2417, E-mail: kerry.brown@hqda.army.mil or randy.grunow@hqda.army.mil HEALTH HAZARDS: Mr. George Murnyak, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), ATTN: MCHB-TS-OHH, 5158 Blackhawk Road, Bldg. E1570, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD  21010-5403, DSN 584-2925, COM (410) 436-2925, FAX (410) 436-1016, E-Mail: george.murnyak@apg.amedd.army.mil SOLDIER SURVIVABILITY: Mr. Richard Zigler, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, ATTN: AMSRD-ARL-SL-BE, Bldg 328, Room 228, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5068, DSN 298-8625, COM (410) 278-8625, FAX: 278-9337, E-mail: rzigler@arl.army.mil The MANPRINT Newsletter is an official bulletin of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G1, Department of the Army. The Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) program (AR 602-2) is a comprehensive management and technical initiative to enhance human performance and reliability during weapons system and equipment design, development and production. MANPRINT encompasses seven key domains: manpower, personnel, training, human factors engineering, system safety, health hazards and soldier survivability. The focus of MANPRINT is to integrate technology, people and force structure to meet mission objectives under all environmental conditions at the lowest possible life-cycle cost. Information contained in this bulletin covers policies, procedures, and other items of interest concerning the MANPRINT Program. Statements and opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army. This bulletin is prepared twice yearly under contract for the MANPRINT Directorate, G1, under the provisions of AR 25-30 as a functional bulletin. Fall/Winter 2006 Page 9

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