AN/SPN-46 Blk V Upgrade (CCAs, RTOS, software, RAM pole, TS-3098)
Abstract
The AN/SPN-46 Block V upgrade targets aging and obsolete hardware and software components within the carrier landing system and replaces them with modernized and supportable components. Blk V consists of a major AN/ SPN-46 operational software upgrade along with a refresh of numerous Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment subassemblies. Planned upgrades are updates to the radar's obsolete radar processor circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with new generation CCAs, upgrading the radar's Real Time Operating System (RTOS) with a current and supportable RTOS, and optimizing and reconfiguring the radar's software into a logical, modular format. The radar's top two degraders, the Radar Alignment Mast (RAM) pole and the TS-3098 test set, will be modified with less complex, higher reliability designs.Hardware changes will include reducing reliability issues caused by outdated bus systems and IP based substructures and provide as overall system hardening to mitigate external interference issues. The software architecture redesign and optimization will increase modularity and operational efficiency as well as implement M-Code and resolve cyber security related issues inherent with the current system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 8eeb8007600747143f1d10e1822bdb49
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