The functional elements to be performed for the CEV cockpit prototyping phase 3 contract (CCPP3C) consist of providing human machine interface research and development activities to NASA for rapid…

The functional elements to be performed for the CEV cockpit prototyping phase 3 contract (CCPP3C) consist of providing human machine interface research and development activities to NASA for rapid prototyping CEV display and control concepts. This is accomplished by the creation of simulations for CEV display and electronic procedure formats, software display navigation schemes and the hardware devices required to interface with the CEV software. An integral part of phase 3 is to further develop the tools and concepts created during CCPP1C and CCPP2C. In addition to this requirement, the contractor shall integrate concepts, tools, and lessons learned from several other next generation human machine interface projects crew rescue vehicle (CRV) human machine development effort, the X-38 remote cockpit van project, the advanced cockpit evaluation system (ACES), and the sensor fusion project. NASA is developing a new spacecraft, the crew exploration vehicle (CEV). A team of spacecraft cockpit specialists and astronauts, the CEV cockpit team, is developing requirements for the human machine interface associated with this new spacecraft. These requirements are based in part on the work performed by rapid prototyping group, whose task are (1) to integrate ideas and concepts coming from the CEV cockpit team in a set of CEV cockpit simulations, (3) to gather their comments in order to help the CEV cockpit team improve the requirements, and (4) to update the simulators based on the inputs of the CEV cockpit team. The CEV cockpit prototyping project requires the application of human machine interface rapid prototyping techniques to the design and implementation of next generation spacecraft display and control systems. Commercial manufacturers offer a range of avionic systems for aviation, but not for space. Space system providers do not offer rapid prototyping solutions for next generation spacecraft displays and controls such as these developed through the X38/CRV human machine interface research and development, the advanced cockpit evaluation system and the sensor fusion project.