USE OF CREW AUGMENTATION TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE COMBAT CREW SIZE

TARDEC is leading the Next Generation Combat Vehicle – Mission Enabler Technology Demonstrator (NGCV MET-D) program, which has developed and implemented new technologies to enhance and augment Crew and vehicle capabilities. As part of this, a concerted effort is being made to optimally interface the crew-member to the technology in a way that will maximize overall effectiveness. The payoff for these efforts will be to have the crew do more than they have in the past, or have a reduced size crew perform at the same – or higher – level as the original crew would have. This study provides a framework process and techniques for crew augmentation with the end goal to reduce combat crew task load and increase overall crew performance.