Stores Planning and Weaponeering Module
Abstract
The Weaponeering and Stores Planning (WASP) components are integrated software products that allow aircrew to determine the best combinations of weapons and delivery conditions to achieve the desired level of target damage, eliminate weapon delivery solutions that violate aircraft Type/Model/Series (T/M/S) specific safety-of-flight envelopes, and perform detailed weapons employment planning. WASP is approved by Air Warfare Division (N98) as a flight clearance implementation system for the F/A-18 A, A+, A++, B, C, C+, D, D (RC), E, F, EA-18G; and includes potential support for other platforms to include F-35, P-8, AH-1, and other rotary wing platforms. WASP components will alert pilots if their planned weapon release conditions meet flight clearance limits, will result in bomb-to-bomb collisions, bomb-to-aircraft collisions, aircraft overstress, or excessive risk of aircraft loss/damage in the event of fuze early bursts. Weapon employment planning is fundamental to the Joint Capability Area of Force Application and joint mission areas of Strike and Amphibious Warfare. WASP provides the Navy and Marine Corp with weaponeering capabilities that are critical requirements for Interdiction, Armed Reconnaissance and Close Air Support mission planning. Therefore, WASP product availability is critical to successful employment of the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) for the F/A-18 A-F and EA-18G. The WASP product encompasses a multitude of Government Furnished Information software components and tools including aircraft target maneuver simulations and weapon flyout models. WASP products will require updates as emergent requirements for new aircraft T/M/S, stores and weapons are approved, new flight clearances and flight restrictions are issued by Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters and cyber security mandates are released. FY 2020 and out include funding for the research and development in order to integrate WASP with 3-D mission rehearsal, provide dynamic Safe Escape Automation Layer (SEAL) calculations on Electronic Kneeboard (EKB), develop WASP for other Navy and Marine Corps platforms, and support WASP development and integration with the Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System (NGNMPS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 2311_0605215N_5_1319_PB_2020
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