Crew system engineering methodology: process and display requirements

The US Navy´s Advanced Technology Crew Station (ATCS) Program was established to develop, demonstrate, and validate a crew systems engineering method that will achieve effective integration of aircrew and technologies within the aircraft system. The authors discuss the ATCS program, the crew systems engineering methodology and the derivation of display requirements within the methodology. The engineering methodology used approaches the aircraft design from the aircrew´s perspective. One unique aspect of this methodology is that it provides traceability from mission-level requirements to aircraft-level system requirements to crew station requirements. One of the crew system requirements identified was the transfer of information from system to crew. Further analysis was required to define this requirement. The general approach used to derive information requirements is presented followed by a discussion of how the requirements were synthesized into viable display options