Aircraft Avionics
Abstract
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget request funds the development of Aircraft Avionics systems required to horizontally and vertically integrate the battlefield and the integration of those systems into Army aircraft. Tasks in this Program Element support research, development, and test efforts in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phases of these systems. Alternate capabilities (non-GPS) and/or complimentary PNT solutions will be investigated, studied, evaluated and developed as standalone or blended navigation functions. The Doppler Global Positioning System Navigation Set (DGNS) Upgrade program completes system engineering trade studies to reduce space, weight, and power with the introduction of new navigation support capabilities such as an inertial sensor interface card and Instrument Flight Rules map display. The DGNS upgrade includes Non-Recurring Engineering for the Computer Display Unit (CDU) which replaces the current CDU faceplate with a touch screen display, provides a moving navigation map capability, and optimizes pilot interface to promote safer flight operations. The CDU upgrade will support Assured-Position Navigation and Timing (APNT) operations such as Resiliency and Software Assurance Modification (RSAM) in conjunction with additional system upgrades and upgrades to existing DGNS hardware in order to accommodate A-PNT in identified operational environments. This supports the requirement to maintain A-PNT throughout operations. The Enhanced Aviation Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System (EGI) (EAGLE) development program upgrades existing EGI hardware to incorporate M-Code and assesses current capabilities in order to achieve A-PNT in identified operational environments. The EAGLE-M upgrade will perform an assessment of A-PNT assurance levels to understand system performance, associated PNT capability gaps, and evaluate candidate solutions to cover any identified gaps. The EGI program will support enhanced A-PNT for currently fielded EGIs through software insertions, such as RSAM. The Multi-platform Anti-jam GPS Navigation Antenna (MAGNA) is a GPS anti-jam adaptive antenna system that will be capable of receiving legacy and modernized GPS satellite signals. The MAGNA reduces the effect of GPS jamming by disrupting the GPS receiver enabling the Warfighter continued access to GPS-provided PNT in a GPS degraded environment. The Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) Environment Exploitation System (EES) focuses on active and passive sensor technology, synthetic vision, sensor and software data fusion, imagery processing, user interface, and multicore processing technologies to enable current and future capabilities and innovative technical solutions for the Army aviation fleet. The Improved Data Modem (IDM) is the common solution for digitizing Army Aviation and is fielded on every modernized, rotary-wing Army aircraft, including the CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk. The IDM provides the Army rotary wing fleet with critical communication capabilities, enables connectivity to multiple radios used by rotary-wing aircraft and the Blue Force Tracking transceiver, and provides the means for rapid data transfer. The Aviation Mission Common Server (AMCS) effort is a replacement and capability upgrade for the current Army IDM-401. The AMCS program will implement IDM and Common Operating Environment capabilities utilizing a flexible open systems architecture and distributed processing resources with the capacity and architecture to perform an array of additional non-flight critical computing, data processing, radio and communications management, and graphics generation functions for the enduring and future Army Aviation fleet and de-couple non-flight critical mission system technology integration from flight critical components. The AMCS provides the ability to rapidly integrate technology upgrades required to keep pace with evolving threats on Multi-Domain Battlefield. The AMCS enables the hosting of enhanced capabilities to communicate, navigate, sense and deploy weapon systems across the Joint Force and will be the center of the future Common Digital Backbone for the enduring and future Army Aviation fleets, and is a key enabler Multi-Domain Operations. The Aviation Mission Planning System (AMPS) is a system used to conduct pre-mission and aircraft performance planning. It recieves data from multiple sources and provides that data digitally to the aircraft to support aviation missions. AMPS is used for automated mission planning, risk assessment, and transfer of mission data to aviation platforms within an Aviation unit. This includes route generation, performance planning, communications planning, terrain analysis, data transfer, and mission rehearsal. These efforts include development and testing of a new underlying architecture to support the move of Army Aviation Mission Planning from the current structure to one that supports synchronization both vertically and horizontally between Aviation and Ground forces. It will allow aircrews to continually plan and update route, threat, and performance data throughout all phases of an Aviation mission. Development of a mobile aircraft performance planning/weight and balance calculator is currently underway and will be the first migration of AMPS capabilities to a mobile hardware agnostic environment. The AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio is a US Army rotary wing high frequency solution which is operational on over 2,400 Army helicopters (primarily CH-47, UH-60, and AH-64). Key capabilities are voice and data, Automatic Link Establishment, text messaging, position reporting, and Selective Calling. It is also Voice Interoperable with standard ground HF systems in use today. Efforts include development of an Airborne Radio Control Manager (ARCM) driver to enhance the modernization of the AN/ARC-220 HF Radio.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 0604201A_5_2040_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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