Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program

NASA Aviation Safety ProgramWeather Accident Prevention Project

Multifunctional Color Cockpit Display Technology Panel Session

forUser Forum

Aviation Weather: Opportunities for ImplementationBethesda, Maryland

July 25-26, 2000Dr. Ron ColantonioDr. Ron Colantonio

Aviation Safety Program OfficeAviation Safety Program OfficeNASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Glenn Research Center

Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramDisplay Objectives

VISIONCreate innovative weather information solutions that significantly increase aviation safety

• Develop enhanced weather presentations that minimize interpretation and provide enhanced situation awareness

• Develop decision-making aids which facilitate monitoring and collaboration

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramAWIN System

DecisionAids

Processor

Presentation

UserInterface

Aircraft Capabilities

User Capabilities

WeatherInformation

Position

Flight Plan

NavigationInformation

OnboardSensors

WeatherProducts

Ground WxSystem

Automet

Data Link

Data LinkSpecial Use Airspace

TrafficTerrain

-Operator Support

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Operator Support Trilogy

Presentations

Decision Aids

InterfaceTechnologies

EnhancedSituation

Awareness (SA)

•How access info•Workload•Heads-up

•Formats•Colors, symbology

•Architecture•What info &

When

•Alerting, Monitoring•Compelling info

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Presentation & Interface Technologies

Presentation & Interface

SA

GA & TransportTask Analysis

FormativeEvaluations

H/F Guidelines

Survey PreviousWorks

InterfaceAlternatives

PresentationAlternatives

SBIR’s

CRA’s

ComparativeAssessment

Define ResearchIssues

Sim/FlightTesting

ConceptDevelopment

CRA: Industry Cooperative Agreements; SBIR: Small Business Innovative Research; SA: Situational Awareness; H/F: Human Factors

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramDecision Aiding (D/A)

DecisionAiding

GA & TransportTask Analysis

D/A Workshop

Survey PreviousWorks

Assess CurrentD/A Capabilities

Define ResearchIssues

Concepts &Alternatives

Sim/FlightTestingSA

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Challenges

• Retrofit

• Workload

• Human Error

• Tactical Information Presentation

• Accessibility to Technology

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramResearch Activities

• Presentation & Interface– COTS Formative Evaluation– Human Factors Guidelines– Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis– 757 Flight Test– Non-tactile Interfaces

• Decision Aiding– Naturalistic Decision Making w/ Wx Information– Flight Experiment– Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis– RTI Task on Flight Information Service Data Link

(FISDL)

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramBoeing AWIN Cooperative Agreement

NCAR

USAF C-135C

FedEx MD-11

Coverage

Areas

USAF NC-21

Pilot Access Terminal

(PAT) Stowed in Canister

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United Airlines 747-400

Oceanic Convective Nowcasting Demonstration

High-Resolution OCND Weather Product747-400 Cockpit

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramHoneywell AWIN Cooperative Agreement

Close up of WINN interface in an United AirlineB-777 Simulator

Wide angle photo of WINN interface mounted in an United Airline B-777 Simulator

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Multi-Function Display Installation inGeneral Aviation Cockpit

GA Cockpit Display of Weather Information

Icing Probability Weather Product

National NEXRAD Weather Product

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramFuture Plans

• Formulate Presentation Architecture– Adaptive, Reconfigurable, Portable/Wearable

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety ProgramFuture Plans

• Develop Interface Alternatives– Non-tactile

Courtesy of IBM

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• Enhance Decision Making

Jeppesen Sanderson (1999)