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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Cockpits In The Era Of Breakthrough Flight

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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.

  • p. 2 …a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Defense Intelligence Agency, l…
  • p. 5 …How these advances may affect future cockpits is described, and this is the central message of…
  • p. 6 …the far future, this study evaluates the impact of having achieved the following breakthrough advancements: • Control…
  • p. 12 …then contemplate the consequences that these advances impose onto other systems of the vehicle-in this…
  • p. 21 …In support of the forgoing discussion, we are speculating that heretofore unknown advances in physics regarding…
  • p. 32 …As evidenced by the gaming industry, the motions of the pilot's hands-whether by a…
  • p. 44 …the sensors and functions are known at this time, and it is expected that further advances…
  • p. 45 …Taking advantage of foreseeable advances, such images are likely to be in the form of virtual…
  • p. 48 …advances in cockpits for breakthrough flight might be further advanced by taking advantage of the gaming…
  • p. 51 …on an advanced version or next generation of heads-up display to outline the road, pinpoint…
  • p. 53 …Regardless of such advances, the keyboard is still likely to be around for those lingering tasks…
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17 Morgan, B. (1985). DOD enlists voice control and expert systems. Electronic Products, Oct. 1, 65-67.
18 Only a few gesture-based computer articles were consulted considering the assumption in this study that these
would be mature technologies by the time that propulsion breakthroughs become possible.
Hall, Kenji. (2007). The Big Ideas Behind Nintendo's Wii. Business Week. Retrieved from

Sutter, J. D. (2010/ June/ 18). New tech moves beyond the mouse, keyboard and screen. CNN. Retrieved
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• Underkoffler, J. (2010). John Underkoffler Points to the Future of User Interfaces. TED Talks, June 2, 2010,
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19 Only two Brain-Machine interface articles were consulted since the assumption of this study that these would be
mature technologies by the time that propulsion breakthroughs become possible.
• Genik II, R. J. (2009/ March/ 23). Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices In the Absence
of Limb-operated Interfaces, Defense Intelligence Reference Document, DIA-08-1003-012 (unclassified).
Sutter (2010).
20 Moravec H. (2000) Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind: Oxford University Press
21 Two references apply to this endnote:
• Stokes, Wickens, & Kite, K. (1990).
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Hoover, G. (1992). Stop Saturating Pilots with Alphanumeric Hieroglyphics. Aviation Week and Space
Technology, June. 15, 98-99.
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