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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 133 - Asheville, NC - November 2024
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE D – DYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONS, AND ANALYSIS 8.3 Evaluation of an Advanced Helo Display for Zero-Zero Shipboard Landings
Title	Evaluation of an Advanced Helo Display for Zero-Zero Shipboard Landings
Presenter	Amanda Lampton
Affiliation	Systems Technology Inc.
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Abstract	Currently, when a helicopter pilot is faced with poor visibility conditions at sea such that there is zero visibility both horizontally and vertically, i.e., zero-zero conditions, the pilot is instructed to land elsewhere unless there is no other choice. Indeed, harrowing tales of pilots flying mere feet above the ocean surface following their ship’s wake to return home are situations best not repeated. As such, there is a critical need to improve Navy shipboard recoveries in these degraded visual environments and possibly high sea states. This need calls for head-down display symbology that will enable a helicopter pilot to land on a moving ship deck safely, efficiently, and easily without outside visual cues. In response to this need, an effort was made to develop a display with symbology driven by pursuit guidance laws that can guide a pilot through a standard approach and landing on a small naval ship in zero-zero conditions. The current incarnation of the display comprises one display that guides the pilot through the entire approach to landing mission evolution. The display was evaluated by nine U.S. Navy test pilots through a series of evaluation tasks that together compose a standard approach and landing task. All pilots performed the task successfully in zero-zero conditions using the display. Quantitative assessments and pilot comments and opinions of the display indicated that there is significant utility in the display and many components are helpful. Further improvement is needed before it can be integrated into the fleet.