Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mansikka, Heikki
• Virtanen, Kai
• Uggeldahl, Ville
• Harris, Don

Titel

Team situation awareness accuracy measurement technique for simulated air combat - Curvilinear relationship between awareness and performance

Ist Teil von

• Applied ergonomics, 2021-10, Vol.96, p.103473-103473, Article 103473

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A new technique for the assessment of Team Situation Awareness (TSA) accuracy based upon post task Critical Decision Method structured interviews was developed and tested using 39 combat-ready F/A-18 pilots. Pilots undertook a number of simulated air combat scenarios, flying in flights of four aircraft against a formation of enemy aircraft. Results showed a strong curvilinear relationship where high TSA accuracy resulted in higher performance in some areas of air combat, measured with friendly losses and kills. There were diminishing returns in performance as TSA accuracy increased. This may explain why previous studies on air combat have found relatively weak relationships between situation awareness and performance where the relationship has been assumed to be linear. •Team Situation Awareness (TSA) of fighter aircraft pilots was considered.•New assessment technique for TSA accuracy was developed.•Technique was tested using 39 fighter pilots in simulated air combat missions.•Technique identified differences in TSA accuracy when TSA demand was varied.•Novel curvilinear relationship between TSA accuracy and performance was revealed.