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.

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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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As illustrated in Figure 2, when planning for breakthrough flight, there is no need to
constrain designs to match the legacy conventions derived from prior vehicles. In the
case of both the airplane and the helicopter, the control inputs available to the pilot are
specific to the mechanisms of the control surfaces. When projecting breakthough flight,
it is assumed that the controls will be tailored to match the natural characteristics of
pilots, and the propulsion system will be designed to perform accordingly.
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