Marksmanship Trainer Performance Using an Auditory Signal Warning of Simulated Laser Exposure

Previous research has demonstrated decrements in marksmanship accuracy on a WEAPONEER trainer when LEDs (light emitting diodes) were used to simulate scanning and attack lasers. In this study subjects engaged targets that displayed either no lasers, a scanning laser only, or scanning-plus-attack las...

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Main Authors: Mastroianni, George R, Reed, Joseph O, Zwick, Harry, Stuck, Bruce E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCURACY
ATTACK
AUDITORY SIGNALS
CUES(STIMULI)
EXPOSURE(GENERAL)
GUNNERY
LASER HAZARDS
LASERS
Lasers and Masers
LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
MARKSMANSHIP
OPTICAL SCANNING
PE61102A
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
Safety Engineering
SAMPLING
SIMULATION
SKILLS
TRAINING DEVICES
VISUAL PERCEPTION
WARNING SYSTEMS
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Summary:Previous research has demonstrated decrements in marksmanship accuracy on a WEAPONEER trainer when LEDs (light emitting diodes) were used to simulate scanning and attack lasers. In this study subjects engaged targets that displayed either no lasers, a scanning laser only, or scanning-plus-attack lasers. The scanning laser was simulated with an LED; the attack laser was simulated with a buzzer. Marksmanship performance did not decline as much on scanning alone trials as was the case in previous studies which used visual cues for both simulated lasers. Since overall marksmanship was better with our group of subjects, sampling differences may account for the results. Diminished resource competition between the marksmanship tasks and the laser-monitoring task may have contributed to the performance improvement with auditory cues.