AWAVS: An Engineering Simulator for Design of Visual Flight Training Simulators

Abstract

The Navy AWAVS program is designed to improve visual system technology and define hardware performance requirements for training. A description is given of the visual system hardware capabilities being developed for the initial carrier takeoff and landing configuration of AWAVS. The display system provides a composite image of two TV channels. The background TV channel is a low-resolution wide-angle display of sky and seascape. The target TV channel's narrow field of view presents a high-resolution carrier image for insertion into the displayed background channel. Each channel includes high-performance perspective image generation, distortion correction, and visibility effects. In addition to establishing system feasibility, the system's variability will permit investigation of the effects of visual system parameters on pilot performance in a specific task environment.