Context-sensitive design and human interaction principles for usable, useful, and adoptable radars

Laura A. McNamara; Laura M. Klein

doi:10.1117/12.2225273

12 May 2016 Context-sensitive design and human interaction principles for usable, useful, and adoptable radars

Laura A. McNamara, Laura M. Klein

Proceedings Volume 9829, Radar Sensor Technology XX; 982906 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225273
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The evolution of exquisitely sensitive Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems is positioning this technology for use in time-critical environments, such as search-and-rescue missions and improvised explosive device (IED) detection. SAR systems should be playing a keystone role in the United States’ Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance activities. Yet many in the SAR community see missed opportunities for incorporating SAR into existing remote sensing data collection and analysis challenges. Drawing on several years' of field research with SAR engineering and operational teams, this paper examines the human and organizational factors that mitigate against the adoption and use of SAR for tactical ISR and operational support. We suggest that SAR has a design problem, and that context-sensitive, human and organizational design frameworks are required if the community is to realize SAR's tactical potential.

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Laura A. McNamara and Laura M. Klein "Context-sensitive design and human interaction principles for usable, useful, and adoptable radars", Proc. SPIE 9829, Radar Sensor Technology XX, 982906 (12 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225273

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