Designing a New Cockpit: Researchers Help Australian Navy Transform
SH-2 Seasprite Helicopters
How
do you transform a complex older aircraft, which requires three
people to fly, into a state-of-the-art system that can be successfully
flow by two? That is the challenge faced by Kaman Aerospace and
its partner, Litton Guidance and Control, in refitting almost a
dozen Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopters for the Royal Australian
Navy. Georgia Tech Research Institute human factors experts are
helping design a new cockpit for the helicopters.
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