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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Cognitive Limits On Simultaneous Control Of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, dated 15 December 2010, is a Defense Intelligence Agency report from its Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It looks at how many unmanned spacecraft one human pilot could control during future deep-space missions, drawing on research into air traffic control and piloting of multiple unmanned vehicles. It concludes that the limits are about 16 craft for simple tasks, 7 for moderately complex tasks and 4 for complex mixed fleets. It adds that physiological measures can signal when an operator is overloaded.

  • p. 4 …Studies in Cognitive Workload for Air Traffic Controllers ..................... 8 Modeling the Air Traffic Control Task ............................................................... 15…
  • p. 5 …Currently, two models are being used to examine similar activities in air traffic control and remote…
  • p. 6 …and tracking for the task of air traffic control (ATC). There is additionally an emerging body…
  • p. 9 …for example, in an air-traffic control task, properly handing off a plane to the next…
  • p. 13 …Studies in Cognitive Workload for Air Traffic Controllers There are a few areas of research applicable…
  • p. 15 …Air Traffic Control: a) overview of a large TRACON facility. Potomac is pictured. b) A single…
  • p. 17 …traffic load variance session lasted 45 minutes with three 15-minute sessions where the controller was…
  • p. 19 …Correlations among Physiological Variables in a study of air traffic controller workload modulation with variable number…
  • p. 20 …8Ffllil,td, Wlii 8Hlo'f MODELING THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TASK Like any profession, ATC personnel…
  • p. 28 …Two models for examining what are similar activities are air traffic control and remote piloting of…
  • p. 30 …Procedural errors in air traffic control: effects of traffic density, expertise, and automation. A viat Space…
  • p. 31 …Modeling and predicting mental workload in en route air traffic control: critical review and broader implications…
15 December 2010
ICOD: 8 September 2010
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