The document outlines the capabilities and responsibilities of the Human Systems Engineering Branch in aviation, emphasizing the importance of Human Systems Integration (HSI) in optimizing system performance and ensuring user compatibility. It details various projects and programs, including aircraft system design evaluations, workload analysis, and training assessments, to improve crew performance and safety. The document also highlights the methodologies used for training and evaluation to meet human engineering design criteria.

1. HSEB Capabilities
Human Systems Integration in Aviation
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Began in 1980 to study man-in-the-loop ECM/ECCM,
expanded to include full range of human engineering services
Core expertise in human systems integration (HSI), user-
centered design, and system development and test
Extensive experience in crew vehicle interface design,
advanced sensors, integrated systems, and intelligence
platforms
Also perform basic and applied research in human factors and
human performance
Human Systems
Engineering Branch

3. HSI is a systems
engineering
process that
requires full
consideration of
the human
components of a
system from the
onset of an
development
activity
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Domains of HSI

4. HSI Mandate
DoD Instruction 5000.2 requires an acquisition
program manager to initiate a Human Systems
Integration program in order to:
optimize total system performance,
minimize total ownership costs, and
ensure that the system is built to accommodate the
characteristics of the user population that will operate,
maintain, and support the system
Ultimately, HSI is the responsibility of the Program Manager
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SH-2G(A) Integrated Tactical Avionics System
H-1 Upgrade Integrated Avionics System
AH-1W Stores Management System
MH-53(J) IDAS/MATT
MH-53(J) Integrated EW System
Rotary Wing Flight Symbology Standardization Panel
Rotary Wing Programs

6. Rotary Wing Programs
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AH-1W Ingress/Egress Study
H-1 Lighting Evaluation
SH-2G(A) Cockpit Design Project

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P-8(A) Poseidon MMA
EP-X
C-130 CAAP/AMP, SOF C-130 WIRED
SOF C-130 Consolidated EW Display
START
B-52 SADI
JAST IHAVS
A-10 Cockpit Upgrade Design Study, A-10 CDU v2.0
F-16 block 40, 42, 50, 52 Effectiveness evaluation of EW suite upgrade
JMAC/SSC Hovercraft cockpit design and workload analysis
AT-6B ASE Suite Human Engineering Assessment
Fixed Wing Programs

8. P-8(A) Overview
Provided human engineering oversight on cockpit and
missions systems operator interface design for
Boeing under authority of NAVAIR
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JMAC/SSC Upgrade

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BAMS UAS
Mission task analysis
Workload analysis
Workstation prototyping
Air vehicle operator fatigue assessment
Training analysis
Unmanned Programs

11. BAMS UAS Overview
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BAMS – A High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned
Aircraft System (UAS)
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As part of this research effort, a simulation environment was developed in which
human performance during a surveillance mission was observed.
Crew-in-the-loop evaluations were conducted to validate analytical data
(mission task analysis and modeling/simulation). Crew size, crew composition, and
mission duration were independently varied; operator workload and situational
awareness were two of the primary dependent variables.
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BAMS UAS Overview

13. Operators provided feedback regarding subjective workload and
situational awareness, as well as qualitative data regarding design
considerations of the crew workstation needed to support
alternative crewing concepts
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BAMS UAS Overview

14. Human Systems Engineering
Design
for
Operator

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Computer Simulation/Modeling of Manning & Workload
• Can be tailored to specific mission
• Examine workload dynamics of
crewmembers for any crewing
concept
• Track mission performance
• Assess workflow bottlenecks
Workload Analysis

16. Analyses conducted IAW MIL-STD-882 and SAE 4761
System Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA):
Identify and classify failure conditions of the functional systems
according to their hazard severity.
System Safety Analysis:
Conduct a systematic & comprehensive evaluation of the
implemented systems to show that critical safety requirements have
been met.
Verification that the implemented design meets the qualitative and
quantitative safety requirements as defined in the FHA prior to Test
Readiness Review.
Provide final Safety Assessment Report.
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Safety

17. Safety
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System
Safety
Approach
Ongoing
Hazard/Risk
Monitoring
Reduce
Risk
Identify
Mitigation
Approaches
Assess
Mishap
Risk
Identify
Hazards
Accept/Reject
Risk Levels
Verify Risk
Reduction
Safety
Criteria
System
Safety Plan
PHL / PHA /
SHA
PESHE
System Safety
Requirements
Safety Design
Requirements
Safety Test
Requirements
Documented
Accepted
Risks
Hazard
Reporting
Outputs / Products
Alternate Designs

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Define
Training
Requirement
Define
Training
Objectives
Evaluate
Training
Alternatives
Develop
Functional
Training
Description
Develop
Training
Methodology
Develop
Training
Content
Develop
Training
Delivery
Specifications
Existing knowledge/Skills
Required knowledge/Skills
Training Analysis
Task/Skill Analysis
Costs/Resources
Training Effectiveness Analysis
Training Technology Assessment
Media Analysis
Cost vs. Benefit
MOEs, MOPs,
Enabling/Terminal Objectives,
Proficiency Metrics
Media, Equipment,
Support Materials
Classroom, Simulation,
Part-task, Field, Embedded
GTRI conducts all phases
of training design, from
the definition of training
requirements to the
evaluation of training
effectiveness.
Training

19. Human Engineering
Testing and Evaluation
HSI T&E Objectives
Ensure compliance of system with the human engineering design
criteria, principles, and practices and other applicable standards.
Ensure that the operators/maintainers can perform the specified
missions, as documented in the mission/task analysis (MTA) to the
required levels of performance.
Ensure that the controls and displays are easy to use, easy to learn, and
useful to the operators/maintainers.
Methods
Formative vs. Summative evaluations
Checklist evaluations
User modeling
User-in-the-loop evaluations
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CONTACT
Dr. Brad Fain
(404) 407-7261
brad.fain@gtri.gatech.edu
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