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Title: HFEMANPRINT in Army Aviation Operational Testing


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DOD HFETAG, 6 Nov 07
UNCLASSIFIED
DOD HFETAG TE sub-TAG 6 Nov 07
Human Factors and MANPRINT in Army Aviation
Operational Testing
Josh Kennedy Tim McKnelly ARL-HRED AMCOM
Field Element Redstone Arsenal, AL
UNCLASSIFIED
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Outline
  • HREDs roles
  • Power of iterative TE
  • HF-MANPRINT Eval Playbook
  • Cross-walk to TE Docs
  • UH-60M Black Hawk
  • UH-72A Lakota (LUH)
  • CH-47F Chinook
  • MANPRINT and DOTMLPF
  • FY08 and beyond
  • Practical Matters and Lessons Learned

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Banner Year for Army Aviation
  • 5 x Operational Tests
  • UH-60M Blackhawk (IOT plus 2 excursions)
  • CH-47F Chinook IOT Phase 2
  • UH-72A Lakota (LUH)
  • Represents 2/3 of Armys rotary-wing fleet
    (largest air force in the world)
  • HFE-MANPRINT practitioners have been a player in
    planning, executing, and reporting
  • Then improving aircraft systems

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HREDs Roles in TE
  • By AR 602-2 (MANPRINT)
  • By AR 73-1 (TE)
  • Per Outline Test Plan (OTP), acted as
  • MANPRINT Evaluator (for AEC)
  • Human Factors Tester (for OTC)
  • SME and on-board flying data collectors (for
    OTC)
  • Logged over 100 flight hours
  • Emphasis on aircrew performance vs. old-style
    MANPRINT problems

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Power of Iterative TE
  • Obvious Iterative HF TE is strongly desired
  • Continuous improvements before FRP
  • HRED been on these programs since pre-Milestone B
    (or MS II), even SSEB
  • Requirements/capabilities generation
  • HFE Designer, esp. crew station
  • Evaluator (for ATEC)
  • Assessor (for G-1)

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Power of Iterative TE
  • IOT for UH-60M, CH-47F, and UH-72A and others was
    an extension of long-term relationship with
  • PMOs and AMRDEC
  • USAAWC CRD and TCMs
  • AEC / ATTC / OTC
  • Iterative TE effort (DT and OT) on all three
    programs (multiple report and papers)
  • UH-60M EUD, LUT, LEUE, pre-IOT, plus CSWG
    efforts
  • CH-47F LOUD, IOT, CSWG efforts
  • UH-72A SSPD, IOT, post-IOT follow-up

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Crew Station Human Factors Eval Playbook
  • Playbook designed to be used iteratively on same
    system (and compared to similar systems)
  • Bedford Workload Rating Scale (BWRS)
  • Situation Awareness Rating Technique (SART)
  • Pilot-Vehicle Interface (PVI)
  • Independent expert evaluation (by Army
    performance standards)
  • Simulation Only
  • Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ)
  • Eye tracker Audio/Video collection
  • Switch actuation (button press) counts

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MANPRINT in TE Docs
  • Major input to SEP and EDP
  • IOT is aircrew performance evaluation
  • vs. normal HFE problems
  • Strong relationship with AST chair and OTC
  • Test Report and SER
  • HRED prepares write-up for 6-8 criteria (25
    MOPs, MOE and AIs per system)
  • Not just writing a paragraph or two
  • Major factor in Materiel Release and FRP Decision
    Reviews

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UH-60M IOT MANPRINT
  • IOT Sep Dec 06 _at_ FT Hood, TX
  • 35 missions, 113 sorties, 254 flt hours
  • Excursion 1 Jan 07 HH-60M (MEDEVAC) _at_ FT Rucker
  • 5 missions, 10 flt hrs
  • Excursion 2 Mar 07 for CMWS, ARC-231
    integration _at_ Rucker
  • 3 missions ,6 flt hours

HRED personnel logged over 100 flight hours
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UH-60M Evolution
UH-60A/L Baseline
UH-60M Block I
Block II
UH-60M Upgrade
FUTURE FORCE
  • Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP)
  • Improved Transmission
  • FLIR/MMR
  • Large Fuel Cell
  • Improved ASE
  • Composite Airframe
  • Digital Cockpit
  • Dual Digital Flight Controls
  • Fully-Coupled Flt Director
  • Wide Chord Blades
  • Rotor Brake Provisions
  • Folding Composite Stabilator
  • Improved Durability Gearbox
  • 701D Engine
  • IVHMS
  • JACS / CMWS
  • Fly-by-Wire (FBW) Advanced Flight Controls
  • Common Cockpit - Common Avionics Architecture Sys
    (CAAS)
  • Full-Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC)
  • Composite Tailcone/Driveshaft
  • Analog Cockpit
  • STD Transmission
  • 700 Series Engine

Performance Attributes (4K/95)
External Lift (4500 lbs) Net Ready
External Lift (4500 lbs) Net Ready
External Lift (9000 lbs) Net ready
Today
2008
2010
2013
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UH-60 Program Schedule
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UH-60M Materiel Improvements
  • Comments from IOTE and IKPT indicated NVG
    blooming issues
  • Solution is to utilize FAA compliant LED in place
    of current position light

13
Crew Gunner/Gunner Seat
  • BPS armor plate under the
  • gunners window limits lower
  • extremity range of motion.
  • Knees are often painfullywedged against these
    armorplates.
  • Seats cannot be adjusted closerto or farther
    away from the window to aid in comfort, gunner
    tasks, and observation.
  • Nonrated crewmembers fly forhours on end in
    unpadded seats.

14
UH-60M Materiel Improvements
  • Anthropometry analysis
  • Crew Chief/Gunner seat only accommodates up to
    40th percentile male (knee clearance)
  • Solution gt Martin Baker Medical Attendant seat
  • Seat on rails and can adjust laterally
  • Lower height than existing seats
  • More comfortable than existing seats
  • 30K per seat (not cheap!)

15
UH-72A IOT and MANPRINT
  • IOT Feb-Mar 07 _at_ FT Irwin, CA (NTC)
  • 11 missions, 18 sorties, 20 flt hours
  • Focus on confirming SSPD/SSEB findings
  • HRED personnel logged 15 flt hours

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UH-72A KPPs
Net Ready (NR)
  • Threshold
  • Military Civilian Voice Communications
  • 100 voice only communications w/military,
    police, fire and USCG
  • Military Civilian navigation
  • Objective
  • ARC-231 Secure Radio to be integrated into
    aircraft

Performance
  • HOGE w/ 906 lb Load at sea level standard day
  • Hoist
  • Two litter bound patients
  • Medical attendant
  • Medical equipment

Cabin Size
  • 2 Crew
  • 6 Passengers Seats
  • Cabin Entry/Exit points accommodate 2 standard
    NATO Litters, w/ patients and one medical
    attendant

Survivability
  • Threshold
  • Meet 1989 FAA Standards for Crashworthy Seats and
    Fuel Tanks
  • Objective
  • Meet 1994 FAA Standards

Force Protection
  • Air Warrior
  • Operation of all flight controls throughout range
    of motion while wearing mission specific
    ensemble
  • Connections to Microclimate Control Unit (MCU)
    not required

Aircraft Selected Meets or Exceeds All KPPs
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UH-72A Materiel Improvements
  • High cockpit and cabin temperature
  • In the MEDEVAC two litter configuration due to
    space constraints affecting life saving care and
    equipment storage
  • Adequacy, effectiveness of training programs

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High In-Flight Temp
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Extra Ventilation
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ECS Installation
  • Follow-up testing of internal temps _at_ NTC (FUE)
    in June, August, then October 2007
  • Further customer tests at vendor facility (TX)
  • Cost-benefit analysis is key!
  • 98K per acft to install on production line

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CH-47F IOT and MANPRINT
  • IOT Phase 2 Feb-Mar 07 _at_ FT Campbell, KY
  • 9 missions
  • 63 flt hours
  • HRED personnel logged 15 flt hours
  • Demonstrated the capability to perform
    operational heavy-lift cargo missions across the
    continuum of military operations

23
CH-47F MANPRINT Efforts
  • Maintenance Hazards
  • Emergency Egress
  • HF for Operational Maintenance efforts

24
MANPRINT and DOTMLPF
  • OTC CG directed DOTMLPF WG at each IOT
  • Concentrate on non-materiel issues
  • USAAWC took ownership
  • Incorporated into MANPRINT WG
  • Great results!
  • Over 110 Training, Manpower, and Doctrinal issues
    for all five test events
  • Coordinated at the right placeRucker!

25
FY08 and Beyond
  • UH-60M Upgrade program
  • LUT-in-the-SIL March-May 2008
  • FOTE 2010
  • CH-47F
  • DT/OT efforts for fully-couples flight
  • UH-72A
  • In-house (non-ATTC, OTC) evals of ECS/vents and
    medical equipment package
  • ARH-70 (ARH) LUT, IOT
  • AH-64D Block 3 LUT, IOT
  • ER/MP LUT
  • Various REF programs

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Practical Matters
  • Funding Line
  • Thru OTC from PMOs money
  • Or direct from PMO Test Lead
  • Direct, long-term relationship with AST Chair,
    OTC Test Officer, and APM-Test
  • MANPRINT Assessment
  • Issues from IOT feed MANPRINT database
  • Facilitated prep of FRP Decision MANPRINT and
    domain assessments

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Lessons Learned
  • Operational Tests are all-consuming
  • 14hr days norm, few weekends
  • Difficulty keeping up with other ACAT 1 programs
  • Prepping for CH-47F
  • Prepping for UH-72A LUH (MA due, OT in Feb-Apr
    07)
  • UH-60M Upgrade (in development with Sikorsky and
    Rockwell-Collins)
  • Writing HFEA/MA and TR/SER for UH-60M
  • ER/MP UAS, etc.
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