5) Trial Conjurator 2

Report on the Trial to Integrate a
GPS GPS B Based dACMI ACMI onto t th the Tornado T d
F3/GR4, F3/GR4 F3/GR4, Harrier & & Jaguar
Jaguar
Trial Conjurator 2 ‐ RAIDS
Sqn Ldr Adrian S Rycroft
BSc(Eng), MRAeS, PGCPsy

Lecture Content
• Overview of a ‘Fixed Range ACMI’
• Overview of the ‘Range‐less Range less ACMI ACMI’ (RAIDS)
• Trial Objectives
• Aircraft integration
• Missile Modelling Tool & Security
• Trial Program
• Results

Fixed Fixed Range Range ACMI
ACMI

DEBRIEF
CABIN
ACMI Range
CENTRAL
PROCESSOR

ACMI Range

ACMI Range

New Technology
• Gl Global b l PPositioning iti i SSystem t (S (Sat t GPS)
– No reliance on ground station triangulation.
– Universal timing.
– DTED & Dobs data available from GPWS
• Laser Inertial Nav Platforms.
• Digital ‘on‐board’ processing.
– Explosion in high fidelity simulation (games)
• High Band‐Width Digital Data‐Links
– No need d ffor ground‐station d processing

INTERNAL
PROCESSOR

DEBRIEF
CABIN

New Capability
BVR & IAI (Marconi)
• ACMI performance ‘rangeless’
– Live Live, Live AA‐to‐A to A Weapon Simulation, Simulation Replay. Replay
• Collision Warning
– Air‐to‐Air & Ground
• Air‐to‐Ground Air to Ground Weapon Simulation.
– Ability to limit ‘dead’ players.
• Si Simulated l d GGround dTh Threats
– SAMs, Area Boundaries
• Remote Debriefing

New Capability
BVR & IAI (Marconi)

Trial Trial Objectives
Objectives
Prove the system y !!! (2xGS, 12x Pods)
• Inform ‘main buy’ (2 yrs).
• Ai Aircraft ft IIntegration. t ti
– F3 F3, GR4, Harrier
• System Performance.
• Give it a name!!!
Airborne Instrumented
Debriefing f gSystem y (R’Less) ( )
AIDS(R)
RAIDS

Aircraft Integration
NO NO FUNDING
FUNDING
• F3 Lead Platform
– Rd Radar Missiles Mi il
• SANS IPT had a poor
understanding of of system system.

RAIDS as as BUS BUS MONITOR
MONITOR
Main
Computer
Radar 1, 2 etc
1553 MIL DATA DATA‐BUS
BUS
RAIDS
Data‐Link

RAF ACMI FIT
RDR Mx
MAIN
COMPUTER ACMI Pod
IR Mx X‐over
ACMI
Sim Plug

MAIN
COMPUTER
(RAIDS OFP)
RAF RAF RAIDS FIT
COCKPIT
RAIDS Pod
IR Mx X‐over
RAIDS OFP: Produced by RAF Software Maintenance Team
1553 Dt Data‐bus b & AUDIO fitt fitted d bby F3 OEU EEngineers i
Flown under STF & Service Deviation to RtS

Aircraft Integration
Weapon Simulation:
• Missile Modelling Tool:
– Security
– Validity
• Airborne:
– Aircraft‐to‐pod requirements
– OOutcomes t

Missile Modelling Modelling Tool
Security & Validity:
• Thrust – profile profile, amount etc
• ‘G’
• Drag & Vmax/Vmin
• Flt profile – collision, pursuit etc
• Aircraft data for pairing
• Aircraft data for valid kill
• Only ‘kill’ message sent.
• No seeker/fusing/warhead data required

Missile Modelling Modelling Tool
Data Requirements: SA Rdr, Active Rdr, IR
SSemi‐Active i i Radar: d
– Antenna ‘Look Angle’ at launch and during flight.
– Terrain

Missile Modelling Modelling Tool
Data Requirements: SA Rdr, Active Rdr, IR
Active i Radar: d
– Tgt position (+/‐) data to ‘active’ boundary.
– Terrain

Missile Modelling Modelling Tool
Data Requirements: SA Rdr, Active Rdr, IR
IR:
– Antenna ‘Look Angle’ at launch
– Terrain
– re‐action to ‘flares’ flares .

Truth Data
Trial Trial Program
Program
– 1 RAIDS pod v ACMI pod
– 1 RAIDS pod v ac navigation data
Data‐Link Performance
– 1 card v 2, 3, 4 card debrief
Weapon Simulation Accuracy
– RAIDS pod v ac weapon sim.
– ‘hi ‘hit’ ’ and d ‘ ‘miss’
i ’

Trial Trial Program
Program
Air‐to‐Air Air to Air Collision
– 1000ft ‘bubble’ check
– Useable bl ‘bubble’ ‘b bbl ’
– Multi‐ac scenarios
Simulated SAM systems
Air‐to‐Gnd Collision
Air‐to‐Gnd Weapons

Trial Trial Results
Results
• 2 x F3 Fully ‘RAIDS’ RAIDS capable.
• SA & IR MMxvalidated lid t d
• 500ft collision ‘bubble’
• Security validated (GCHQ)
• SOPs drafted

Procurement Procurement Results
Results
• BVR & IAI – split
• 2 Tenders
– BVR/Marconi – ‘trialled’.
– IAI/MBDA/Cubic – paper paper.
• MBDA
– No integration (Resources & IPR)
– Post Post‐flt flt debrief debrief, NO weapons
– No trial possible