1. Aviation Safety Program NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Multifunctional Color Cockpit Display Technology Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation Bethesda, Maryland July 25-26, 2000 Dr. Ron Colantonio Aviation Safety Program Office NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio

2. Aviation Safety Program Display Objectives VISION Create innovative weather information solutions that significantly increase aviation safety Develop enhanced weather presentations that minimize interpretation and provide enhanced situation awareness Develop decision-making aids which facilitate monitoring and collaboration

3. Aviation Safety Program AWIN System Decision Aids Processor Presentation User Interface Aircraft Capabilities User Capabilities Weather Information Position Flight Plan Navigation Information Onboard Sensors Weather Products Ground Wx System Automet Data Link Special Use Airspace Traffic Terrain -Operator Support

4. Aviation Safety Program Operator Support Trilogy Presentations Decision Aids Interface Technologies Enhanced Situation Awareness (SA) How access info Workload Heads-up Formats Colors, symbology Architecture What info & When Alerting, Monitoring Compelling info

5. Aviation Safety Program Presentation & Interface Technologies Presentation & Interface SA GA & Transport Task Analysis Formative Evaluations H/F Guidelines Survey Previous Works Interface Alternatives Presentation Alternatives SBIR’s CRA’s Comparative Assessment Define Research Issues Sim/Flight Testing Concept Development CRA: Industry Cooperative Agreements; SBIR: Small Business Innovative Research; SA: Situational Awareness; H/F: Human Factors

6. Aviation Safety Program Decision Aiding (D/A) Decision Aiding GA & Transport Task Analysis D/A Workshop Survey Previous Works Assess Current D/A Capabilities Define Research Issues Concepts & Alternatives Sim/Flight Testing SA

7. Aviation Safety Program Challenges Retrofit Workload Human Error Tactical Information Presentation Accessibility to Technology

8. Aviation Safety Program Research Activities Presentation & Interface –COTS Formative Evaluation –Human Factors Guidelines –Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis –757 Flight Test –Non-tactile Interfaces Decision Aiding –Naturalistic Decision Making w/ Wx Information –Flight Experiment –Task Analysis, Accident Data Analysis –RTI Task on Flight Information Service Data Link (FISDL)

9. Aviation Safety Program Boeing AWIN Cooperative Agreement NCAR USAF C-135C FedEx MD-11 Coverage Areas USAF NC-21 Pilot Access Terminal (PAT) Stowed in Canister

10. Aviation Safety Program United Airlines 747-400 Oceanic Convective Nowcasting Demonstration High-Resolution OCND Weather Product 747-400 Cockpit

11. Aviation Safety Program Honeywell AWIN Cooperative Agreement Close up of WINN interface in an United Airline B-777 Simulator Wide angle photo of WINN interface mounted in an United Airline B-777 Simulator

12. Aviation Safety Program Multi-Function Display Installation in General Aviation Cockpit GA Cockpit Display of Weather Information Icing Probability Weather Product National NEXRAD Weather Product

13. Aviation Safety Program Future Plans Formulate Presentation Architecture –Adaptive, Reconfigurable, Portable/Wearable

14. Aviation Safety Program Future Plans Develop Interface Alternatives –Non-tactile Courtesy of IBM

15. Aviation Safety Program Future Plans Enhance Decision Making Jeppesen Sanderson (1999)