SA PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: MDA15-006

Description

Operationally, ballistic missile defense is a very challenging activity, requiring the ability to collectively see the battle develop, and dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. Training operators for Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) is even more challenging. What is necessary is a rethinking of how best to both present and interact with the large amount of information presented by a C2BMC system in an intuitive manner. Leveraging our background in building intuitive information displays, haptic interfaces and missile defense, SA Photonics has developed the concept for a C2HMI system for ballistic missile defense. This system consists of an augmented reality display, a head tracking system and an optional set of digital data gloves with gesture recognition and haptic feedback. We will use our deep expertise in human factors engineering, especially in designing experiments to quantify the utility of display systems, to ensure that the system we design yields an absolute improvement in information understanding for both operational and training systems for the C2BMC system. Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8951 (15 December 16)