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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.
UNCLASSIFIED/;SflHl 8FFHil.t.k Wfili IH.k\f Chapter 3: Provisional Cockpit for Breakthrough Flight Applying the strategy of using the most demanding situations to guide designs, the provisional cockpit presented here assumes a single pilot. Without any crew amongst whom to disburse the workload, such a cockpit must be more efficient and effective. The "design for stress" approach is also applied, which drives the design to have actual physical displays and controls that are concentrated in a "tunnel vision" zone. The elements on these physical panels are predictably fixed, owing to lessons of human factors. Newer technology such as virtual reality displays with augmented reality and gesture- based inputs are also included, along with voice and thought commands. Based on lessons from adaptive display errors, and considering the limits of human concentration, limits are imposed on the use of voice and thought commands. The overall configuration is shown in Figure 13 and consists of a modest set of physical panels surrounding a seated pilot, along with a large virtual display surrounding the entire area. The most critical displays and controls are condensed into the forwardmost panels. FLIGHT MODES The most fundamental flight mode is the full manual mode. Each subsequent flight mode offers increasing levels of automated assistance, up to and including a fully autonomous control mode that can operate even when the pilot is incapacitated. A provisional set of flight modes (whose buttons and indicators are presented across the central flight mode panel from left to right) include the following: • Full manual. • Manual w/safe assist. • Interactive assist. • Fully autonomous (keyed to emergency responses). Full Manual As the name suggests, this is where the pilot has full control over the motion of the vehicle through joysticks, switches, gestures, voice, and thought. This is the most difficult flight mode for the pilot, and accordingly provides the best situation from which to design the guidance displays and to set the requirements for the various control inputs. In subsequent studies, 48 this would be the flight mode to specify when addressing the challenges of guiding the pilot for entry into orbits and navigating in difficult situations. 32 UNCLASSIFIED/ 1'1"9i.! 91"1"!e!llit tl!9I!! 9HLY
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