Distributed Simulation Testing for Weapons System Performance of the F/A-18 and AIM-120 AMRAAM

Abstract

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has established a long range, real-time link between the F/A-18 Weapons System Support Facility (WSSF) at China Lake, CA and the AIM-120 Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) laboratory at Point Mugu, CA. The link was established in response to a fleet demand for information on the total weapons system performance of the Hornet and AIM-120 sub-systems in an electronic jamming environment, since AIM-120 performance is very dependent on the quality of the guidance data link provided by the host aircraft. In an effort to minimize costly flight testing, the link concept was developed to obtain actual (vice simulated) aircraft radar performance and data link updates in order to more accurately assess overall performance of the aircraft/missile system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA355385

Entities

People

  • Tom Watson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Computer Graphics
  • Data Links
  • Data Visualization
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Flight Testing
  • Frequency
  • Jammers
  • Jamming
  • Radio Frequency
  • Signal Generators
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems