Core Avionics Master Plan - NAVAIR - U.S. Navy

Core Avionics Master PlanIII. AVIONICS.A. Core Avionics. Core avionics include those electronic systems that providefunctionalities in support of the fundamentals of flight (aviate, navigate, communicate),as well as flight safety, platform survivability, and information management in support ofindividual and collaborative mission accomplishment. When they have applicationacross multiple platforms, they can be considered „common‟ or „commodity‟ systems. Inthis master plan, core avionics are divided into the following functional capability areas:Information Management – planning, processing, displayInformation Exchange – voice, data, imagery, video, tactical networks, encryptionNavigation – position, velocity, altitude, and time (en-route and approach)Cooperative Surveillance and Combat Identification – battle-space managementFlight Safety – collision/terrain avoidance, parameter recording, health monitoringSelf Protection – threat sensors and defensive countermeasuresB. Unique Avionics. Unique avionics include those systems that enable a capabilitythat is specific to a particular platform. In some cases there are no other platforms thataccomplish that mission task. In other cases these are solutions whose design factorsare so unique that they could not be practically integrated into other aircraft, such as theE-2 radar. Although CAMP 2011 is scoped to focus on core systems, many of thestrategies and practices described in this plan can also be applied to unique systems.Unique avionics can be grouped into the following functional capability areas:Sensors – radars, radio frequency, infrared, optical, „listening‟ systemsOrdnance Controllers – weapons arming and releaseOffensive weapons systems – lasers, jammersSpecialized data links – Intra-community Intel/Surveillance/Reconnaissancetransceivers and wave forms, Unmanned Aircraft flight control signalsClassified SystemsC. Avionics Relevance. Core avionics provide situational awareness, enabledecision-making and manage weapons systems to execute all missions, whether theyare training, transport or combat related. The following evolving avionics enabledcapabilities will transform air warfare to meet Naval Aviation Vision 2030 goals.Secure Combat Identification (CID)Networked, Collaborative Warfare (CW)Blue Force Situational Awareness (BFSA)Secure, GPS-based en-route, precision and non-precision approach navigationUnrestricted global access through foreign and domestic civil airspacesMulti-level, secure communications and interoperability with Civil Defense forcesMilitary Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA)Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)Core Section CAMP 2011 2