APTIMA INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: N08-012

Description

This proposal describes a series of inter-related subprojects aimed at developing an empirical understanding of the MAGIC CARPET system, including its training requirements, effectiveness, and safety. An important overall objective is to estimate cost, throughput, and readiness considerations compared to conventional landing technology. To accomplish this, the work, including work in future studies, is organized according to Kirkpatricks four levels of learning evaluation. To address levels 1 and 2, we will design and execute a formal experiment aimed at developing an empirical understanding of the training and performance requirements of MAGIC CARPET as compared with conventional landing technology. We will address Level 3 by developing and planning the validation for a model for predicting the effects of different schedules of initial and refresher training, and by planning a transfer-of-training study that involves both live and simulated carrier landings. The level 4 investigation will be undertaken in future studies that will create a model of the organizational training pipeline for MAGIC CARPET.