Tanker avionics and aircrew complement evaluation.
This paper describes an effort to determine control and display criteria for operating SAC's KC-135 tanker with a reduced crew complement. The Tanker Avionics and Aircrew Complement Evaluation (TAACE) Program was a four-phase effort addressing the control and display design issues associated with operating the tanker without the navigator position. Discussed are: the mission analysis phase, during which the tanker's operational responsibilities were defined and documented; the design phase, during which alternative crew station design concepts were developed; the mockup evaluation phase, which accomplished initial SAC crew member assessment of cockpit designs; and the simulation phase, which validated the useability of the crew system redesign. The paper also describes a recommended crew station configuration and discusses some of the philosophy underlying the selection of cockpit hardware and systems.
D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003626:Data Display; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D008887:Military Medicine; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States