A pilot's ability to maintain a high level of situation awareness (SA) has been widely recognized as an important component of mission success and survivability in the air combat arena. The need for SA enhancement has led to the creation of a test battery designed to measure pilot attributes that are thought to correlate to SA. By correlating SA performance measures with results from the selected attribute tests, it will be possible to develop highly focused instructional methods that will improve performance in the attributes, thus enhancing SA.
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