23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.10.3

A SYSTEM FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT MISSION SYSTEMS FROM AN OPERATOR€™S PERSPECTIVE

S. Kainikara, A. K. Sinha, R. Kusumo
RMIT University, Australia

Keywords: mission systems design, human factors, design philosophy

Mission systems onboard combat aircraft provide the required mission capability to meet the slated operational requirements. Operational success of combat aircraft missions is thus mission system sensitive. The technological advancements in mission systems to meet the enhancement of mission capability of combat aircraft, are not in pace with the crew capabilities in operating these systems. There exists a gap in the design process to address the mission system advancements from an operator’s perspective. To establish enhanced mission capabilities of combat aircraft, the capabilities of mission systems and that of the operator needs to be synergistically matched. In this paper, a research framework for the development of new mission system design philosophy, from operator’s perspective is presented. The design philosophy considers the operational requirements and technological and operators thresholds as a baseline for design

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