ACFT Avionics
Abstract
The FY 2016 budget request funds the development of Aircraft Avionics systems required to horizontally and vertically integrate the battlefield and the integration of those systems into Army aircraft. Tasks in this Project support research, development, and test efforts in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phases of these systems. The Airborne Maritime Fixed - Aviation (AMF-A) is the transformational system that provides Army Aviation interoperability capability for Future Force and Joint Force operations. The AMF-A integration effort provides for the non-recurring engineering required to integrate and qualify the AMF-A certified radios with Link 16 and/or other advanced networking waveforms into the AH-64E and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Funding in FY 2016 continues integration activities to install and qualify AMF-A certified networking radios on the AH-64E and Shadow UAS platforms and also supports continued development of common radio control software and qualified airborne AMF-A antennas for use on multiple platforms. The Shadow UAS solution will be incorporated into the Shadow Communications Relay Payload mission equipment package. The Doppler Global Positioning System Navigation System (DGNS) Upgrade program completes system engineering trade studies to reduce space, weight, and power with the introduction of new navigation support capabilities such as inertial sensor, MIL-STD-1553 interface card, and Instrument Flight Rules map display. It also prepares Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) to the existing DGNS ASN-128D Line Replaceable Units (LRU) as a result of those trade studies. The effort also derives DGNS compliance matrices for current and planned Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) capabilities for the upcoming decade. The DGNS upgrade continues with execution of Non-Recurring Engineering for Computer Display Unit (CDU) and Signal Data Converter (SDC) LRU ECP packages. The ASN-128D CDU Upgrade replaces the current CDU faceplate with a touch screen display, provides a moving navigation map capability and optimized pilot interface to augment existing Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) capability and promote safer flight operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- C97_0604201A_5_2040_PB_2016
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