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Night Vision Goggle Symbology for Maritime Helicopter Operations

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Blanchonette, Peter Macpherson, Bradley D. Mark Robbie, Andrew Lewis, Cameron Tartaggia, Simon Yildiz, John Manso, Sylvain Hughes, Philip
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) currently operates three types of helicopter. The roles of these helicopters can include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface unit warfare, search and rescue, vertical replenishment, medical evacuation, training, and the transportation of troops and equipment. All of these aircraft can operate from a number of RAN vessels. An important factor determining the operational availability of these helicopters during embarked (at sea) operations is the requirement to safely launch (take-off) and recover (land) the aircraft. Whether this is possible to achieve or not is determined by empirical Ship Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOLs). The limits that determine a safe launch and recovery are reduced at night, when compared to daytime conditions. The loss of visual cues at night results in a more restrictive SHOL. RAN have recognized the operational advantages that night vision goggles (NVGs) offer pilots flying at night and have began the process of introducing them into service. In 2000, RAN conducted a trial of NVGs for embarked (at sea) operations. As part of the trial report, several recommendations were made. Included in these recommendations was the combining of symbology with the view through the NVGs, so that the time the pilot spends looking outside the aircraft can be maximised. RAN tasked the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to examine the issue of symbology usage with NVGs for helicopter recovery (landing) and to develop prototype symbology sets. For the first phase of this project, the Aviator Night Vision Imaging System Head Up Display (ANVIS-HUD) symbology set, currently used by some Australian Army helicopter pilots, was evaluated for recovery in the Air Operations Simulation Centre (AOSC). This evaluation included minor modifications to the ANVIS-HUD set to make it more relevant to the recovery process. This paper reports the results of this simulation experiment and discusses potential future work.
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Language	English
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