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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/ /f81il 8ffllil.t.k Wfili a••b>/ Figure 11. Contemporary Primary Flight Display. Source : An analogous display will be required for the breakthrough-era craft, but with modifications to accommodate the full six degrees of freedom and the additional flight regimes of orbit and deep space. For example, the artificial horizon and altimeter have meaning near the surface of a gravitating body, but it is not clear how effective such references will be in flight regimes of orbit or in deep-space flight. These orientation cues as well as compass headings are Earth dependent. Far from Earth, the value of maintaining these cues is unknown, and substitute cues have not been identified. Other orientation standards will have to be developed for breakthrough-era craft that will still be consistent with this aircraft convention when operating near the surface of a gravitating body. Navigation Display The next most significant display is for navigation. Near Earth, this takes the form of a map that can be augmented to show terrain and weather. Due to its importance, it has a prominent place on the flight deck. Numerous related controls and displays are available for allowing the entry of destinations and waypoints into the system to augment this one display screen. Breakthrough-era craft will require additional navigation cues; these may include those that will direct pilots into orbits and those for navigating in deep space. 30 UNCLASSIFIED/ ;«f81il 8PPI@Itllt ~!H! ellt I
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