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An experiment was designed to collect human performance data on current and experimental status display formats for a Navy Workstation (i.e., Aegis Combat System). Current information display methods do not take advantage of human processing capabilities of using graphics (e.g., icons, bar-graphs, or color) and integrating the information on the display to fit the operator's task. The focus of the experiment was to provide human performance data to support the trade-off analyses of display formats and to investigate the feasibility of applying these techniques to future control/display upgrades. Eleven subjects (6 Navy personnel with Aegis combat system experience and 5 Navy researchers) viewed different display formats of the Guided Missile Launcher System Character Read-out (CRO). The subjects answered 16 questions about system status on each of the display layouts. The experiment compared operator accuracy and response times when reading information across the displays. We found that operator performance may differ as a function of layout of information on a CRO and the cognitive processes required to execute the task. Other design improvements for future studies will be discussed.