SBIR
AF02-068
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MAINTENANCE TRAINING
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VSAT recognized the requirements analysis process, originally developed for DMO,
could be applied to maintenance training. In September 2004 VSAT was awarded
a SBIR enhancement to determine, by application and evaluation, that the
technology currently being developed by the SBIR can be applied to support the
much needed requirement to evaluate maintenance trainers and to define trainer
fidelity requirements for new maintenance training systems.
Computer-driven
maintenance training devices, including simulated aircraft maintenance trainers,
have been developed in recent years to provide an alternative to traditional 2-D
and 3-D representation hardware trainers or use of the aircraft. The F-16
Modular Simulated Aircraft Maintenance Trainer (MSAMT) is the latest in
the development of such trainers. VSAT will develop a process for evaluating the
MSAMT training system and an interactive database system similar to the MTAD to
store and analyze evaluation data. The evaluation process will support timely
decision-making and acquisition of future maintenance training systems. The
VSAT team will also evaluate human-computer interface (HCI) issues during the
F-16 MSAMT evaluation, and develop a reusable set of HCI criteria that could be
used across such modular computer-intensive maintenance trainers