Analysis Techniques For Man-Machine Systems Design

NATO UNCLASSI.FIEULACP243(Panel-8)TR[7Volume l- 62 -5.2.4 Use of application-specific and commercial standards124. In France, Germanv, and the United States there are trends. with respect todesign and management standards, to develop specifications and standards for specific serviceapplications, e.g., the USAF MIL-STD-1800 and the French Militarv Service Directives. Thisreverses the trend towards a single, tri-service standard or specification, which was the norm inthe past decade. Within NATO the main standardization effort in human-machine systems is indesign. Applicable human engineering requirements documents include STANAGs andANEPs. There is some work in progress in NATO to standardize human engineering analysistechniques for specific applications, e.g., NNAG AC 141 (IEG/6) SG/8 on The Influence ofHuman Factors on Ship Design (see Table 5.3). However, no effort to produce a generalstandard for human engineering analvsis within NATO is known. The three militarycomponents within NATO (Army, Navy, and Air Force) appear to be taking differentapproaches to standardizing human engineering techniques. The army component hasdeveloped a standard for the test and evaluation of land vehicles and is developing similarstandards for other army systems: the air force component is supporting NATO MAS AIPSTANAG 3994; and the navy component is supporting NNAG IEG/6 S/G-8 Allied NavalEngineering Publications (ANEPs) on human factors.ANEP #Table 5.3:Allied Naval Engineering Publications (ANEPs)concerning human factors in ship designTITLE20. Human factors/ergonomics in the development and acquisition ofship weapon systems.21. Procedure for ships manning for NATO surface ships.22. Human factors considerations for the determination of automationpolicv.23. The influence of maintenance on manning.24. Guidelines for shipboard habitability requirements for combatantsurface ships.25. Guidelines for environmental factors in NATO surface ships.26. Ergonomics data for shipboard space design in NATO surface ships.27. Human factor guidelines for the design of man/machine interfaces inoperational rooms.28. Guidelines for the development of Operational Stations Book (OSB)for NATO naval vessels.NATO UNCLASSIFIED- 62 -