Flight Test Evaluation of Mission Computer Algorithms for a Modern Trainer Aircraft

A low cost integrated avionics system has been realized on a modern trainer aircraft. Without using an expensive inertial navigation system onboard, acceptable level of accuracy for navigation, guidance, and weapon aiming is achieved by extensive data fusion within mission computer. The flight test...

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Published in:Defense science journal Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 164 - 173
Main Authors: Meharu, Gargi, Valsan, Sunil, Kuttieri, Rajesh
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre 01.03.2013
Subjects:
Aircraft
Algorithms
Avionics
Computer simulation
Data fusion
Flight simulation
Flight testing
Flight training
Mathematical models
Military aircraft
Missions
Navigation
ISSN:0011-748X, 0976-464X
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Summary:A low cost integrated avionics system has been realized on a modern trainer aircraft. Without using an expensive inertial navigation system onboard, acceptable level of accuracy for navigation, guidance, and weapon aiming is achieved by extensive data fusion within mission computer. The flight test evaluation of mission computer is carried out by assessing the overall performance under various navigation and guidance modes. In flight simulation is carried out for weapon aiming modes. The mission computer interfaces with various subsystems and implements the functional requirements for flight management and mission management. The aim of this paper is to discuss the algorithms of a data fusion intensive mission computer and flight test evaluation of these algorithms, for a typical modern trainer aircraft. The challenges and innovations involved in the work are also discussed. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0011-748X
0976-464X
DOI:10.14429/dsj.63.4259