From Selection to Design: Diverse Perspectives of Human Factors Issues in Unmanned Aerial Systems

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) serve many roles in the broader defense space- with mission sets like reconnaissance, remote delivery, and supporting other aircraft operations. In the future of UASs, human factors professionals serve a broad role in advocating for the users in the design process. This discussion panel will involve individuals with different experiences working with UAS technologies and its introduction to the end user. The panel will consist of the following topics: capturing user feedback, control station design for supervisory control, selection of operators as this technology grows, and broad issues in public policy. The panelists with a variety of civilian and military experience will highlight their day-to-day role as well as what they see as upcoming topics worth researching in this domain.