Improving How We Weave Cognitive Engineering into Military Acquisition: Understand, Design, Validate

Abstract

To fulfill its name and purpose, cognitive engineering must emerge from its application primarily as a research practice into implementation within recognized practices of systems engineering. Although generally accepted in military research circles, cognitive engineering theory and methods have not gained widespread application in systems engineering processes. This panel will enable five speakers with different perspectives on this problem to describe means for attempting to change this state of the practice. The focus of the panel will be in gaining traction and advocacy for applying cognitive engineering in the acquisition of major military systems, which are typically employed in high-stakes, time-critical, high-uncertainty environments.