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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/ ,'f811. 8ffllilil.k l.llili a•lklC Vehicle Status Panel Below the vector motion panel is the vehicle status panel that contains the most critical vehicle status and controls. This is analogous to where fuel levels and engine temperatures would be displayed. In this central panel, only the most critical and highest hierarchical status conditions would be displayed in a fixed format. More detailed, lower-level statuses and controls are on the right side panel and available through the flight-assist system. The proximity of this panel to the survival enunciator, the flight-mode panel, and the emergency response panel is deliberate. Also flanking either side of this vehicle status panel are the cabin controls (on the left) and the communication controls (on the right). Cabin Control Panel The cabin controls are not just for temperature and pressure of the pilot's cabin, but also for the inertial and gravitational environment inside the cabin. This panel is deliberately located just below the section of the survival enunciator that displays alarm states for the cabin, and just adjacent to the vehicle status panel, with the expectation that related vehicle functions are displayed near the cabin controls. The novel function of including controls for the internal inertial and gravitational forces is in keeping with the recommendation of the double-hull configuration from Chapter 1. If the pilot wishes to feel a portion of the vehicle's acceleration, that can be dialed in. If the pilot wishes to select a nominal background gravitational field of 0 g or 1 g (or other options), that can be done, too. Communication Panel The communication panel is the primary selection point for communicating with base. Accordingly, it is located just below the flight-assist system and the emergency response panel. An alphanumeric key pad serves both the communication panel and the flight-assist system. Available settings would likely include selection of communication methods, channels, and related functions. Further details are dependent upon factors that cannot yet be predicted. Pullout Keyboard For more intensive alphanumeric data entry, and when time allows, a pullout computer keyboard is available. External Sensing Panel One of the two side panels flanking the pilot seat is the external sensing panel. It includes settings for external sensors, navigation cues, and related functions. It also includes controls for how the information obtained from the external sensors is processed, displayed, and recorded. 38 UNCLASSIFIED/ ,'f811. 8ffU!lit.le lal!i! 8111!1/
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