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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, is one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It proposes a provisional cockpit design for craft driven by speculative breakthrough propulsion, such as control of gravity and inertia and faster-than-light travel. It draws mainly on the book Frontiers of Propulsion Science and on human-machine interface research.
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UNCLASSIFIED//F8R 8PPll!ltllt "St OIIEI Contents Introduction ...........................................................................................................iv Chapter 1: Predicting Implications of Propulsion Breakthroughs ........................... 1 MARCH OF PROGRESS: REVOLUTIONARY PROPULSION PHYSICS ....................... 1 VEHICLE and COCKPIT IMPLICATIONS ............................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Human-Machine Interface Lessons ..................................................... 18 HUMAN PERCEPTION NORMS ........................................................................... 18 DESIGN FOR STRESS ........................................................................................ 21 DEVICES TO CONVEY INFORMATION ................................................................ 23 DEVICES FOR RECEIVING PILOT COMMANDS ................................................... 27 CONTEMPORARY AIRCRAFT COCKPITS ............................................................. 28 Chapter 3: Provisional Cockpit for Breakthrough Flight ........................................ 32 FLIGHTMODES ................................................................................................. 32 PHYSICAL DISPLAYS ........................................................................................ 34 VIRTUAL SURROUND DISPLAY ......................................................................... 40 CONTROLS ........................................................................................................ 41 Chapter 4: Future Work ........................................................................................ 43 MULTIPLE FLIGHT REGIME GUIDANCE CONVENTIONS ..................................... 43 VECTOR MOTION DISPLAY ............................................................................... 43 VECTOR MOTION CONTROL .............................................................................. 43 OPTIMUM MIX OF CONTROL METHODS ............................................................. 44 Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography .................................................................... 45 Appendix B: Endnotes .......................................................................................... SO Figures Figure 1. Six Independent Degrees of Freedom ...................................................... 3 Figure 2. Comparing Conventions of Aircraft Motion .............................................. 5 ii UNCLASSIFIED//Flilll. lilFFUilAle lal!i! 8Hl!V
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