Citation

Hawley JK. Ergon. Des. 2008; 16(1): 19-22.

Affiliation

U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Field Element, Ft. Bliss, Texas

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)

DOI

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Abstract

During the combat operations phase of the Iraq War, Patriot air defense missile units were involved in two fratricide incidents. Patriot's unacceptable fratricide rate (18% of engagements) prompted the commanding general of the air defense center to request a human-performance-oriented assessmentof the fratricide incidents to complement the official board of inquiry investigation. this article summarizes the results and recommendations from that assessment.