Human performance - Are there opportunities to improve or augment human performance to reduce cognitive or physical burden? How do we cope with the impact of changes in climate impact on human performance? How do we design clothing and equipment to mitigate these constraints?

Background

Defence of the UK is critically reliant on access to an appropriately skilled and trained workforce. Demographic changes in the UK, combined with a range of technology advances are likely to change the role of the human in future military tasks – this will demand new skills and different ways of attracting people to join the Defence Enterprise.