HSI Engineering Analysis Tool (HEAT) Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Topic No.: N142-083 Topic Title: HSI Engineering Analysis Tool (HEAT) Proposal No.: N142-083-0700 Firm: Harmonia Holdings Group 2020 Kraft Drive, Suite 1000 Blacksburg, Virginia 24060-6491 Contact: Marc Abrams Phone: (540) 951-5901 Web Site: www.harmonia.com Abstract: We propose development of the Human Systems Integration (HSI) Engineering Analysis Tool, or HEAT. HEAT provides advice for engineers using material-design software on how their design choices affect all nine HSI domains: Human factors engineering, Survivability, Manpower, Personnel, Training, Environment Safety, Occupational, and Habitability. HEAT is designed in modular fashion to integrate with the U.S. Marine Corps Framework for Assessing Cost and Technology (FACT). We apply lessons we learned from providing HSI assessment on previous vehicle projects for the Army Future Combat System, the Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, and the Department of Homeland Security's redesign of the ambulance patient compartment. Benefits: The benefits of performing HSI assessment through the engineering lifecycle are well documented in the literature. The anticipated result of success is to significantly improve the usability level and time to achieve good usability across all HSI domains for material design software systems such as FACT. The HEAT HSI module produced will in near-real time advise designers on HSI assessment of their choices on all HSI domains, including impact on lifecycle reduces costs. HEAT also links design artifacts to HSI assessments. Therefore if a FACT user makes a design changes, it ripples to a change analysis that in turn triggers HEAT to notify the HSI user to revalidate previously identified HSI issues. HEAT is also designed to support the entire DOD 5000.2E acquisition lifecycle to help reduce lifecycle costs. Return