24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-7.11.3

HUMAN-CENTERED COCKPIT STUDY

K. Honda, Y. Nakata , N. Shinoda*
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan; *Japan Aircraft Development Corporation, Japan

Keywords: Human Factors, Flight Deck, CFIT, and Situation Awareness

Next generation cockpit concept aiming to improve the pilot's situation awareness was studied. Fully functional cockpit simulator was developed to evaluate the effectiveness in the realistic operational environment and the subjective result showed that this cockpit concept enhances the pilot's situation awareness, and improves the pilot's cognitive workload in flight.

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