An AH-64D/Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) aircrew workload assessment was conducted during February 2008 in Huntsville, AL. The purpose of the assessment was to evaluate AH-64D aircrew workload during UAS level II interoperability under simulated mission conditions. The workload assessment consisted of operational missions conducted by aircrews (eight pilots) in an AH-64D simulator. Pilot workload, situational awareness (SA), crew coordination, crewstation interface, switch actuations, simulator sickness, visual gaze and dwell times ...
This study outlines efforts to look into some of the considerations for integrating UAS video into the Apache cockpit in order to support cooperative engagements between UAS and attack helicopters. In these cooperative engagements, the UAS initially detects the target. A tactical operations center then does coordination with pre-planned or dynamically re-tasked aviation assets to move to the target area and engage the target. As the UAS hands off the ...
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