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PANEL ON HUMAN FACTORS IN THE DESIGN OF TACTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER
WILLIAM O. BLACKWOOD (Chair),
Hay Management Consultants, Inc.
TIMOTHY R. ANDERSON,
Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson, Air Force Base, Ohio
WOODROW BARFIELD,
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Washington
C. THOMAS BENNETT,
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
COL. JOHN R. CORSON (retired),
Integrated Visual Learning, Newport News, Virginia
MICA R. ENDSLEY,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
PETER A. HANCOCK,
University of Minnesota
JULIAN HOCHBERG,
Columbia University
JAMES E. HOFFMAN,
University of Delaware
RONALD V. KRUK,
CAE Electronics, Ltd., Quebec, Canada
BEVERLY M. HUEY, Study Director
CINDY S. PRINCE, Senior Project Assistant
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN FACTORS
WILLIAM B. ROUSE (Chair),
Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, Georgia
TERRY CONNOLLY,
Department of Management and Policy, University of Arizona
PAUL S. GOODMAN,
Center for Management of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
JOHN D. GOULD,
IBM Corporation (retired), Yorktown Heights, New York
ROBERT L. HELMREICH,
NASA/UT Aerospace Crew Research Project, Austin, Texas
WILLIAM C. HOWELL,
American Psychological Association Science Directorate, Washington, D.C.
ROBERTA L. KLATZKY,
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TOM B. LEAMON,
Liberty Mutual Research Center, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
HERSCHEL W. LEIBOWITZ,
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
ANN MAJCHRZAK,
Human Factors Department, University of Southern California
BENJAMIN SCHNEIDER,
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
LAWRENCE W. STARK,
School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley
EARL WIENER,
Department of Management Science, University of Miami
LAURENCE R. YOUNG,
Man Vehicle Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ANNE S. MAVOR, Director
JERRY KIDD, Senior Staff Officer
EVELYN E. SIMEON, Senior Project Assistant
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Panel on Human Factors in the Design of Tactical Display Systems for the Individual Soldier extends its sincere appreciation for the invaluable assistance and information provided by numerous representatives of the Army in the initial phase of our work. First, we particularly thank Cynthia Blackwell, the sponsor representative from the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (Natick RD&E) for arranging the panel's visit to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia and for briefing us on Land Warrior System contractor activities. Second, we thank Captain Gregory Dyekman of the Infantry School for taking care of our logistic needs and for scheduling special demonstrations of Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble (SIPE) and night vision equipment during our visit. Third, we thank all the individuals who briefed the panel at the Infantry School in September and during our Washington, D.C. meeting in December: Major Marc Collins, Project Manager-Soldier; Captain William Dickey, Major Ronald Murray, Sergeant Richardson, and Staff Sergeant Weiser of the Infantry School; Mr. Bernard Corona, Army Research Laboratory; and Mr. Patrick Snow, Jr., U.S. Natick RD&E Center. Finally, we thank all those at the Battle Lab and the Night Vision Lab who participated in special equipment demonstrations for the Panel with particular acknowledgement to Lieutenant Colonel Ross Holden, Captain Ed Jennings, and Captain Scott O'Neil.
William O. Blackwood, Chair
Panel on Human Factors in the Design of Tactical Display Systems for the Individual Soldier