Crew Centered Armament System for High Technology Cockpit

Abstract

The future warfighting goals of battlespace dominance, precision force and information superiority will yield in the 2025 time frame the technology for a weapons delivery capability at the disposal of a single pilot that is unmatched in history. However, the need to minimize attrition coupled with the drawdown of force levels will mean fewer pilots and aircraft will be available for missions. When these valuable assets are used, the threat of attrition will be minimal. The maximum probably of success will be needed of every sortie flown. The gating technologies for this weapons delivery capability will be: (1) Battlespace Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), (2) Real time transfer of target assignment data into the cockpit, (3) Multisensor data fusion, (4) New high speed avionics architectures, (5) High maneuverability air to air missiles, (6) GPS guided small smart bombs, and (7) Advanced autonomous attack missile systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1999
Accession Number
ADA368287

Entities

People

  • Joseph Notaro

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Detection
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Situational Awareness
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space