A human factors testbed for command and control of unmanned air vehicles

NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center provides both the control and ground support for all of NASA's unmanned near-earth satellites and the communications for manned missions (e.g., the space shuttle). Recently, Goddard has become very concerned with the human factors aspects of their current and proposed command and control environments, particularly those which are being considered for increased application of automation. This paper describes current activities as well as proposed research.

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Human Factors Design in Special Purpose Workstations for Space Station: Panel Discussion

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193128803200214 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 73-74

Author(s):

Frances E. Mount

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Human Factors ◽

Design Process ◽

Panel Discussion ◽

Space Station ◽

Command And Control ◽

Space Vehicles ◽

Human Being ◽

The World ◽

And Control

The word “Workstations” means different things to different people. In the world of space vehicles command and control is usually the first workstation function that comes to mind. Actually, specialized workstations fall into many categories. This panel will discuss various specialized workstations being developed for the upcoming United States Space Station. As part of the design process the human being, a very integral part of each workstation is carefully considered.

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A Framework for Identifying Human Factors Research Needs in Command and Control

10.21236/ada083011 ◽

1980 ◽

Author(s):

Seth Bonder ◽

W. P. Cherry ◽

Robert L. Farrell

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Command And Control ◽

Research Needs ◽

And Control ◽

Human Factors Research

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Detecting Occurrences of the “Substitution Myth”: A Systems Engineering Template for Modeling the Supervision of Automation

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making ◽

10.1177/1555343416674422 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 184-199

Author(s):

Patrick Chisan Hew

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Systems Engineering ◽

Command And Control ◽

Electronic Warfare ◽

Weapon Systems ◽

Model Based ◽

And Control ◽

Self Protection ◽

Model Based Systems Engineering

Current usages of model-based systems engineering allow naïve substitutions of humans by machines. Human factors / ergonomics researchers have rejected such substitutions as the “substitution myth,” for if work is reallocated from a human to a machine, then there is work incurred to ensure that the machine is working properly—it must be supervised. We construct a template for what automation should look like when the need for supervision is taken into account. The template can be applied to understand the arrangements for supervising automation in systems as they are and to explore the options for systems that are being designed. We consider examples from electronic warfare self-protection and the command and control of sensor-weapon systems in the land domain.

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