Disoriented Analysis and Prediction System

Spatial disorientation is a significant problem in military aviation that has resulted in loss of life and aircraft. Creare is developing a Disorientation Analysis and Prediction System for use in pilot training, accident investigation, spatialdisorientation research, and ultimately as a cockpit-based warning system. The system is capable of determining whether or not the pilot is disoriented, measuring the extent of the disorientation, and whether the pilot realizes that he/she is disoriented.During Phase I we demonstrated the feasibility of our approach by using a prototype of the system to analyze published acceleration profiles resulting in spatial disorientation and data from aircraft accidents in which spatial disorientation was a primaryfactor.In Phase II, we will complete development and validation of our system and use the system as a basis for creating new training scenarios intended to instruct pilots in preventing spatial disorientation. We will also lay the groundwork for transitioningthe technology developed on this project to a cockpit-based real-time pilot warning system.