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48th, I'm still not getting through and I'm not really sure if it's me or you, but I assume it's me so I'll try again. Thanks for the clarification on the 521 and gps thing, sometimes it's hard to read tone on the internet. I wrote a paper on the ergonomic and human factors of the 521. It is a...

My sacas-o-meter is still in the shop, along with my laptop, personal drive and motiviation. The 522, 521, gps, tac vest, frag vest, CWWB, etc etc etc are all examples of bad design that was product driven, rather than user driven.

Well then I guess I've been told. HA, I don't think this is a heated discussion by the way, it is just a miscommunication. I'm used to speaking with other designers so some of the terms I use may not be fully understood. When I speak of a "problem" I'm not referring to something that has gone...

Kevin, The more I think about army transformation the more I think the Signal corps needs to evolve. They need to get away from "communications" and think about "information". Sounds like splitting hairs and it might be but it seems (from my worms eye view anyway) that there is lot of time...

Look 48th, I'm trying to give you the benefit of my experience and education in product design, GUI design, and uav design. If your experiences in those areas tells a different story, lets hear it. If not then keep your snarky comments to yourself. Product design, no matter what the product, is...

48th, Well as long as you are "pretty sure" then that is good enough I guess, I mean after all, why would we want to bother to investigate a system that has the potential to revolutionize how we fight? It would be far better to make assumptions and push the system into service and cross our...

Sorry, I meant to include this in my reply: "Wether we want to have it controlled by the section commander, his 2ic, or the platoon signaler, the interface will be very similar." Maybe, maybe not. Here are a few questions that spring to mind: How long is the operator's course? How much time...

" So a common interface can be designed which can be used by all humans, nay?" Nay. It isn't being deisgned for all humans, it is being designed for a specific application that has specific requirements. The interface required for someone familiar with aircraft (say a fixed wing pilot) will be...

48Highlander : I'm not suggesting that the control of the MAV be out of the section commanders hands, I saying that the physical flying should be left to someone who is capable of devoting their concentration on flying the AC. "Anyway that's more of an organizational problem, and it can...

I agree that the takeoff/landing portion would be automated, witht he project I worked on the UAV was large, expensive nad expensive so they wanted ta backup option to land the A/C in the off chance that there would be inclement weather on the east coast. ha ha. I thikn htat depending on the...

Sorry, I didn't make my point very well, it was late, I was tired and it is frigging hot here. People want toast, not toasters. Infantry soldiers don't want MAVs they want the information that a MAV, amongst other things, might provide. The physical details of the instrument that gathers that...

Hi everyone, I meant to contribute to this discussion before but I just started a new job so I haven't had much time to reply. When I was in my fourth year my minor project was working with the aerospace engineers at Carleton who were designing a UAV to patrol the coast around NFLD for oil...

When I said I was "not a party to" I meant I have not read the deal as agreed to by her and her lawyers. The original deal could have included release condidtions could it not? If that is the case then there would be nothing wrong with conditions being attached to her release. In fact I would be...

I am not a party to the deal that Homolka made with the Crown but perhaps part of the deal was that at the end of her sentence she would be released with "conditions". Perhaps the fact that her lawyer(s) haven't put up much of a fuss over the conditions is an idication that they are kosher...

I guess the reason I ask is that at some point I suspect virtually every aspect of the battlefield will be monitored by <something> that might mean a lot of actual <things> and may at some point require someone to manage the whole thing.  I see it as being something akin to the layers of...

Could we be seeing the birth of a new "arm", ie the information and intelligence arm?

Actually they were undone which is how I have them most of the time, they are pretty much impossible to undo under stress, expescially if you are wearing gloves. I think they will get someone killed for real one day. Part of the problem I neglected to mention was the miles200 harness, radio...

Infanteer, Instead of continuing with fracturing the thread into a he-said she-said argument I'll address the main points that I feel sum up my position. The posters on this thread seem to have been divided and my points are directed to the "opposition" rather than you in particular. It seems...

Well I died last weekend, twice, trying to wrestle a mag out of my TV (and I was using Ranger plates) while under close contact. I suppose I should spend more time practicing with the TV trying to build up some new muscle memory, then again the "designers" could have thought a little bit about...

Me oh my, where to begin. Acorn, I apologize for my sarcasm, maybe lack of respect for other posters is why these discussions never go anywhere. I trust your feelings weren't hurt, mine was an off the cuff reaction to your post. Perhaps you should reread your post and think about how I might...