ABSTRACT
The term sensemaking refers to simply making sense of the situation at hand, both in terms of system expectations and reality. Sensemaking allows viewing human error as a symptom of the problem rather than being the cause. Majority of human history is marred with conflicts. Gaining superiority over one’s enemy led to research for such superior weapon. The oldest know unmanned aerial penetration had been attempted more than a century prior to the infamous Wright Brother’s aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, with varying levels of ground control. The GCS provides the means to gain full operational control of the UAS. The UAS GCS can be seen as a remote extension of a cockpit. Sheridan provided a Human Supervisory Control model as an overview of the human–GCS interaction. The operator’s sensemaking must support decisions and continuous adjustments that are made to the UAS, which is flying in a removed, intricate, and rapidly changing environment.
