Networking And Mission Planning
Abstract
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request funds the development of Networking and Mission Planning 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 AMCS is an obsolescence replacement and capability upgrade for the current Army Improved Data Modem (IDM) 401, which enables the hosting of applications to communicate, navigate, sense, and deploy weapon systems across the Joint Force in support of Army 2030 and future aviation operations. It supports the future Common Digital Backbone for the enduring and future Army Aviation fleets with the ability for further growth to host flight critical capabilities. It will provide the ability to rapidly apply technology upgrades utilizing a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) with a nonproprietary Open Systems Architecture (OSA) to keep pace with evolving threats in the Multi-Domain Battlefield. FY 2024 base procurement funding in the amount of $11.100 million was realigned from AA0712FPEP to 0604201A project VU3 to support the Aviation Mission Common Server (AMCS) developmental activities. The Improved Data Modem (IDM) is the common solution for digitizing Army Aviation and is fielded on every modernized, rotary-wing Army aircraft, including the CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk. The IDM provides the Army rotary wing fleet with critical communication capabilities, enables connectivity to multiple radios used by rotary-wing aircraft and the Blue Force Tracking transceiver, and provides the means for rapid data transfer. The Aviation Mission Planning System (AMPS) is a system used to conduct pre-mission and aircraft performance planning. It receives data from multiple sources and provides that data digitally to the aircraft to support aviation missions. AMPS is used for automated mission planning, risk assessment, and transfer of mission data to aviation platforms within an Aviation unit. This includes route generation, performance planning, communications planning, terrain analysis, data transfer, and mission rehearsal. These efforts include development and testing of a new underlying architecture to support the move of Army Aviation Mission Planning from the current structure to one that supports synchronization both vertically and horizontally between Aviation and Ground forces. It will allow aircrews to continually plan and update route, threat, and performance data throughout all phases of an Aviation mission. Development of a mobile aircraft performance planning/weight and balance calculator is currently underway and will be the first migration of AMPS capabilities to a mobile hardware agnostic environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- VU3_0604201A_5_2040_PB_2024
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