A-7 Aloft Demonstration. Master Test Plan,

Abstract

The A-7 ALOFT (Airborne Light Optical Fiber Technology) demonstration was organized to display the advantages of fiber optics over conventional technologies in short, point-to-point applications generally; and to confirm the feasibility of using fiber optics specifically for internal information transfer in weapon systems. A multiplexed E-O interface will replace certain wire transmission channels in the navigation/weapons delivery system (N/WDS) of an A-7 aircraft. This document outlines the test efforts required in order to provide complete integration of the demonstration hardware into the A-7 N/WDS.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 07, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013193

Entities

People

  • R. D. Harder

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Demonstrations
  • Fiber Optics
  • Fibers
  • Information Transfer
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.