Safety Assessment of Wearing the AN/PVS-14 Monocular Night Vision Device (MNVD) and AN/AVS-6 Aviators' Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS) During 5-Ton and HMMWV Night Driving

摘要

The Human Research and Engineering Directorate of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory conducted an assessment to provide the data and analysis of the AN/PVS-14 monocular night vision device (MNVD) and the AN/AVS-6 aviator's night vision imaging system (ANVIS) for the safety certification process. The Communications-Electronics Command Directorate for Safety Risk Management, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, will use the results of the assessment to determine the suitability of both devices for driving. The four characteristics assessed included: (a) the number and nature of training requirements for each system for night driving; (b) the time to complete and the number of errors made while drivers negotiated a hardtop driving course; (c) the time to complete and the number of errors made while drivers negotiated a cross-country driving course; (d) the number and nature of problems related to soldier performance, as well as the number and severity of safety hazards noted. The 15 soldiers who participated in the assessment drove with the AN/PVS-14, the AN/AVS-6, and the baseline system (AN/PVS-7D) in a predetermined sequence to equalize the environmental and learning effects between systems. Two different terrain driving courses were used: hardtop and cross country. The 15 soldiers were divided into two subgroups: 5-ton truck drivers and high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle drivers. Findings indicated that the soldiers were able to drive with the AN/PVS-14 MNVD and the AN/AVS-6 ANVIS as well as, if not better than, they could with the baseline system (AN/PVS-7D). No problems surfaced that should preclude safety certification of driving with the night vision devices on terrain similar to that used in the study.