The abbreviation CDWG stands for Controls and Displays Working Group in the military field, especially in the US. You can find more abbreviations starting with CD here. Also take a look at our list with military acronyms.
The Group for Ergonomics
The Controls and Displays Working Group develops the standards for operating elements and displays: how large a button must be, how bright a display, how a warning is presented. The CDWG works at the interface between human and machine.
Why Standards for Controls Matter
Under stress, there is no time to think: the pilot must find the right switch blindly, in turbulence, at night. Standards for controls and displays ensure that this works: uniform logic, uniform placement, uniform symbology – across all systems of the armed forces.
CDWG appears in this meaning mainly in standardization documentation. It belongs to the quiet ergonomics work that makes military systems operable in the first place – the rules behind the intuitively usable cockpit.
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