DAIRCM Development

Abstract

Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures (DAIRCM) Developmental activities in hardware and software are being pursued to reduce the size, weight and power required to achieve a threat warning detection system integrated with an infrared countermeasure. DAIRCM development, integration and testing will first be conducted in a federated configuration to support Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement (JUONS) SO-0010 to provide increased survivability against Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), hostile gunfire, Anti- Aircraft Artillery (AAA) and laser-directed weapons. Follow-on work begins in FY 2018 to provide an integrated (under glass) solution to the host platforms and will include development efforts to procure future threat technologies. This program develops integrated hardware/software solutions that link on-board integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (iASE) that are compatible with mission planning information and store sensor data for post mission threat analysis. This program also adopts future multi-band, networking capabilities to facilitate real-time transfer of threat information, and off-board queuing and control of onboard sensors. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
3348_0604272N_4_1319_PB_2019

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Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy

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