Intuitive, High Confidence Human-Machine Interface Symbology for Carrier Landing Navy SBIR FY2016.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2016.1 Topic No.: N161-056 Topic Title: Intuitive, High Confidence Human-Machine Interface Symbology for Carrier Landing Proposal No.: N161-056-0423 Firm: Systems Technology, Inc. 13766 Hawthorne Blvd. Hawthorne, California 90250 Contact: David Klyde Phone: (310) 679-2281 Web Site: http://www.systemstech.com Abstract: Perhaps the most critical task facing a naval fixed-wing aviator each day is to safely land his or her aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier underway that is also pitching and rolling. Confounding this already difficult task is a degraded visual environment in which the key guidance cues may no longer be present. The Navy continually develops new technologies designed to ease pilot workload and enhance safety. One such technology is the Navy-developed Maritime Augmented Guidance and Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies (MAGIC CARPET). This advanced flight control law provides command and stability augmentation that allows the pilot to directly control glideslope. MAGIC CARPET also adds a new glideslope indicator and reference to the head-up display (HUD) to further reduce workload. This HUD symbology, however, loses its effectiveness in reduced visibility that degrades to zero-zero conditions. To address the need for enhanced display guidance in reduced visibility conditions, a team led by Systems Technology, Inc. proposes the Advanced LAnding Dynamic DIsplay for Naval operations (ALADDIN) that will combine advanced flight director modes with the MAGIC CARPET control laws to guide the pilot to a safe landing regardless of visibility conditions or sea state. Benefits: The anticipated benefits of ALADDIN are to support carrier recovery operations in conditions that would otherwise be unsuitable, ease pilot workload during the critical final approach, and enhance safety in visibility conditions that limit the utility of the shipboard landing guidance systems. The primary target market for ALADDIN is the US Navy fixed wing fighter aircraft fleet. Once successfully demonstrated on the anticipated launch platform, the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, ALADDIN will be extended to the Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD) system of the F-35C. This represents a more complex integration process, and will therefore be addressed after the ALADDIN system is proven successful with the launch platform. There is a natural transition that will expand the ALADDIN technology into the civilian aviation markets (e.g., airlines, cargo, business jets, etc.) where the new flight director modes can be used to improve performance and enhance safety for commercial aviation aircraft operating in reduced visibility environments including those platforms that currently feature HUD technology. Return