The Development of Human Factor Guidelines for Unmanned Aircraft System Control Stations

Hobbs, Alan

Despite being referred to as unmanned some of the major challenges confronting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) relate to human factors. NASA is conducting research to address the human factors relevant to UAS access to non-segregated airspace. This work covers the issues of pilot performance, interaction with ATC, and control station design. A major outcome of this research will be recommendations for human factors design guidelines for UAS control stations to support routine beyond-line-of-sight operations in the US national airspace system (NAS). To be effective, guidelines must be relevant to a wide range of systems, must not be overly prescriptive, and must not impose premature standardization on evolving technologies. In developing guidelines, we recognize that existing regulatory and guidance material may already provide adequate coverage of certain issues. In other cases suitable guidelines may be found in existing military or industry human factors standards. In cases where appropriate existing standards cannot be identified, original guidelines will be proposed.

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20140010931

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Ames Research Center

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August 22, 2014

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July 29, 2014

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Meeting: Conference of The Pacific and Australasian CRM Developers'' and Facilitators'' Forum (PACDEFF-2014)

Location: Auckland

Country: New Zealand

Start Date: July 29, 2014

End Date: July 31, 2014

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