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UNCLASSIFIED / /#@8-@56526541-U6E-O0NE~ Defense Intelligence Reference Document Defense Futures 01 November 2010 ICOD: 8 July 2010 DIA-08-1011-002 Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight UNCLASSIFIED / /®#@R-@551G04L.15E.0AlLloen

UNCLASSIFIED / -=@R-OFFEGEE USE ORE Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight The Defense Intelligence Reference Document provides non-substantive but authoritative reference information related to intelligence topics or methodologies. Prepared by: (b)(3):10 USC 424 Defense Intelligence Agency Author: (b)(6) Administrative Notes: (U) COPYRIGHT WARNING: Further dissemination of the photographs in this publication is not authorized, This product is one in a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Defense Intelligence Agency, [(b\(3):10 USC 424 K\dvanced Aerospace Wea…

UNCLASSIFIED / / F@R-OPFRECERE USE ONCT Contents Introduction .. cc ccscsceeseceenenuenneenaesceeseneneeenaas Me nada nanoueuasanenenerenenaneuanaussenenenenaneceuacanauanan iv Chapter 1: Predicting Implications of Propulsion Breakthroughs. .....cccccrersessscseureree MARCH OF PROGRESS: REVOLUTIONARY PROPULSION PHYSICS........: exenenenscecee L VEHICLE and COCKPIT IMPLICATIONS. ...cccscvccavesuvcvevusesscususevecusevavepususaseveseversseves 2 Chapter 2: Human-Machine Interface LESSONS ......:cccsecenesesenacenenenenanansseusuauavauanecas 18 HUMAN PERCEPTION NORMS ........ccscccsesesenes Cpa ve…

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UNCLASSIFIED / FPOR-OPPICIAE USE ONTY Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight Introduction Responding to the request to explore forefront science relevant to future cockpits for any form of aerospace craft and/or deep-space craft that is propelled by any unspecified advanced or breakthrough propulsion physics, this report offers a provisional cockpit design that employs the following: e Predictions of propulsion physics breakthroughs. * Lessons of human-machine interface. e Emerging technology for displays and controls. This study discusses the implications of breakthrough propulsion, inclu…

UNCLASSIFIED / SPOR-OPEPCHEUSE-ONE Chapter 1: Predicting Implications of Propulsion Breakthroughs MARCH OF PROGRESS: REVOLUTIONARY PROPULSION PHYSICS Breakthroughs in propulsion physics (such as the control over gravitational or inertial forces, propellant-less space drives, and even faster-than-light travel) are not imminent; however, enough progress has been made to allow for thoughtful speculation about their nature and implications. As a preview, the implications to cockpit design include added degrees of motion, combination of operational regimes (near ground, orbit, and beyond), greater …

UNCLASSIFIED / (POR @FFtGHHGE-Oiliniee « The energy supply for these features resides on the vehicle and is considered to have a dynamic interplay with the motion of the vehicle. The energy can be transferred to and from the environment surrounding the craft as a consequence of the propulsive maneuvers. Sanity Check on Predictions Objectively, the propulsion physics predictions offered in this report should be interpreted as informed conjectures or, at best, well-reasoned speculations. Absent of verified theories and engineering implementations, it is premature to consider this first study as …

UNCLASSIFIED / / hO2.O5EIGh=USEOnrr a single joystick with six degrees of freedom, some sort of gesture-based system, or one that has those degrees of freedom dispersed across multiple pilot inputs (e.g., head motion, legs and feet, and arms and hands) remains open for future study. As a provisional baseline, this report chooses the option of having a pair of six-degree-of- freedom joysticks, one for both the left and right hands and located at the edge of the cockpit chair’s arm rests. id ea 4 % 4 ‘My, Wing, a Three equally available rectilinear axes of motion Three equally available rotation…