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Instrumented Marksmanship Range
Weapons proficiency can be evaluated in a computerized simulation range, the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 (EST 2000). The EST 2000 is the U.S. Army’s small arms training device and includes part of the Army Infantry Schools Basic Rifle Marksmanship strategy. The EST 2000 conducts marksmanship training, static unit collective gunnery and tactical training, as well as judgmental use of force training. The EST 2000 consists of an instructor/operator station, a high-resolution projector, a detection system, an air compressor, a screen, cabling and hoses to connect to lane position weapon boxes, and the associated small arms weapons. The range is fully instrumented to collect Soldier performance and physiological data to assess performance under various stressors under study.
NUH-60FS BlackHawk Flight Simulator
The system reproduces environmental flight conditions within the NUH-60 in arctic, mountainous, jungle, and desert environments. No other NUH-60 simulators have these combined capabilities of temperature, humidity, and oxygenation control for aircrew flight performance research. This simulator has the ability to digitally record six channels of video and track, monitor, and coordinate both head and eye movement data in the cockpit. Measurement systems access 134 information channels which are sampled and recorded at 30 Hz.
Rotary-Wing Flight Performance Database
This database includes 3,933 megabytes of flight performance data obtained during numerous and widely varied flight profiles. No other laboratory possesses this quantity of data or even remotely similar information detail on aircrew performance during rotary-wing flight under a wide variety of operational stressors including heat, sleep deprivation, workload, and circadian desynchronosis. This information provides quick answers to many operational questions as well as serving as a time- and cost-saving reference group for experimental studies.
Human Psychophysiology, Polysomnography, and Bright Lights Testing Facility
This facility is a fully instrumented laboratory with specially constructed test chambers, three topographic brain mapping systems, and an array of physiological monitoring equipment. The facility also includes the capability to measure sleep disruptions stemming from operationally relevant stressors. Other capabilities include sound-attenuated and electrically shielded bedrooms, multi-room video monitoring, polygraphs, and computerized sleep scoring systems. The bright lights facility includes a three-room laboratory where lights can be varied from standard levels to 10,000 lux.
JUH-60 BlackHawk Instrumented Helicopter
Instrumented with in-flight measurement systems to monitor and record aviator physical status, flight performance, and aircraft performance in real time. Measurement systems emulate capabilities referenced for JUH-60 flight simulator. These systems were developed by USAARL to accomplish biomedical/human performance flight research. This aircraft can be configured to any mission profile (hoist, air assault, MEDEVAC, cargo, extended range fuel system, etc.). The JUH-60 can also be configured to capture and transmit video data from within the cockpit and external to the aircraft.
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