Paper Session III-A - The Role of Simulation in Space Operations Training

The mission of space operations has dramatically increased over the past decade. Increased responsibilities in the major areas of missile warning, space surveillance, satellite operations, and launch operations have diriven the need for precise training of people working in these areas. To accomplish this training, the use of computer simulation is taking on a much larger and increasingly more important role. The goal of any type of computer simulation is to emulate operational equipment and procedures. Exact duplication of the operational environment, equipment, and software to include known glitches is known as 100 percent fidelity and is a difficult goal to achieve. While such an effort is technically realizable, current and more realistic expectations are usually to achieve I 80-95 percent of system fidelity. This is defined as high | fidelity simulation

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Development of Cursor-on-Target Control for Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The research presented in this thesis focuses on developing, demonstrating, and evaluating the concept of a Cursor-on-Target control system for semi-autonomous unmanned aircraft systems. The Department of Defense has mapped out a strategy in which unmanned aircraft systems will increasingly replace piloted aircraft. During most phases of flight autonomous unmanned aircraft control reduces operator workload, however, real-time information exchange often requires an operator to relay decision changes to the unmanned aircraft. The goal of this research is to develop a preliminary Cursor-on-Target control system to enable the operator to guide the unmanned aircraft with minimal workload during high task phases of flight and then evaluate the operator\u27s ability to conduct the mission using that control system. For this research, the problem of Cursor-on-Target control design has multiple components. Initially, a Cursor-on-Target controller is developed in Simulink. Then, this controller is integrated into the Aviator Visual Design Simulator to develop an operator-in-the-loop test platform. Finally, a ground target is simulated and tracked to validate the Cursor-on-Target controller. The Cursor-on-Target control system is then evaluated using a proposed operator rating scale

Research Naval Postgraduate School, v.12, no.3, October 2002

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