This Report is the record of subject conference held at the U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia, 16-19 October 1962. The continued annual sponsorship of these conferences and the publication of this Report by the Office of the Chief of Research and Development, Department of the Army, reconfirms the valuable contribution of the conference to the interchange of Information among agencies and personnel concerned with the effectiveness of U.S. Army man-machine systems in the operational environment. A compendium of current Army human factors engineering work programs will be found in the appendices of this Report. The conference successfully serves the vital functions of bringing together the diverse elements of the Army's human factors engineering activities and stimulating joint efforts on common problems. This year as in the past the scope of the conference has been widened to Include a larger number of both military and civilian agencies and institutions interested in the various facets of the factors program. The Army's Human Factors Engineering Committee is to be for thoroughly planning and effectively conducting this successful conference.