Airborne reactive threat simulator
First Claim
1. An airborne reactive threat simulator for use with an aircraft during flight, comprising:
- control means for allowing aircraft personnel to select a programmed scenario and generating control signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario, said control means being adapted for disposal within the aircraft;
pod means having mounting means for mounting to the aircraft;
signal processor means disposed within said pod means, said signal processor means being responsive to said control signals, data signals and video data signals, said signal processor means having memory means for storing signals including (1) signals defining an executable algorithm for providing reactive signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario and (2) said data signals;
transmitter means disposed within said pod means, said transmitter means generating an emulated radio frequency signature in response to said reactive signals, said emulated radio frequency signature simulating an airborne reactive threat;
receiver means disposed within said pod means, said receiver means receiving radio frequency energy transmitted from a target and generating said data signals and said video data signals indicative of the received radio frequency energy, said data signals and said video data signals being presented to said signal processor means, said radio frequency energy emulating a response from the target to the simulated airborne reactive threat; and
video recorder means disposed within said pod means, said video recorder means storing said video data signals.
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Abstract
A novel airborne reactive threat simulator is presented. The simulator comprises an aircraft flight and carrier qualified podded external store and a cockpit mounted system control box. The pod is capable of supersonic flight envelopes and houses a sophisticated, state-of-the-art, microprocessor controlled, programmable tracking radar system and associated data collection peripherals. The control box provides the operator/machine interface during system operation. The system operates from a library of preprogrammed scenarios, which are selected by the pilot of the aircraft during routine training/testing exercises. A threat simulation scenario is selected by the pilot as the pilot flies a predetermined profile mission against a target ship. The software routine is executed by the microprocessing system which in turn controls all system hardware components and peripherals. The executed routine orchestrates the hardware operation to produce the desired radio frequency (RF) signature emulation, which is intended to be recognized by the ship'"'"'s electronic signal measurement (ESM) equipment as the threat of interest. The invention then progresses through the preprogrammed threat seeker operations of searching for, acquiring, and homing on the target vessel. The microprocessing system controls the system hardware to emulate the modes of operation, range and angle tracking loops of the threat seeker radar and provide a video display for the pilot.
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46 Claims
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1. An airborne reactive threat simulator for use with an aircraft during flight, comprising:
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control means for allowing aircraft personnel to select a programmed scenario and generating control signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario, said control means being adapted for disposal within the aircraft; pod means having mounting means for mounting to the aircraft; signal processor means disposed within said pod means, said signal processor means being responsive to said control signals, data signals and video data signals, said signal processor means having memory means for storing signals including (1) signals defining an executable algorithm for providing reactive signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario and (2) said data signals; transmitter means disposed within said pod means, said transmitter means generating an emulated radio frequency signature in response to said reactive signals, said emulated radio frequency signature simulating an airborne reactive threat; receiver means disposed within said pod means, said receiver means receiving radio frequency energy transmitted from a target and generating said data signals and said video data signals indicative of the received radio frequency energy, said data signals and said video data signals being presented to said signal processor means, said radio frequency energy emulating a response from the target to the simulated airborne reactive threat; and video recorder means disposed within said pod means, said video recorder means storing said video data signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for simulating a threat from an aircraft during flight, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a programmed scenario to provide control signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario, using control means adapted for disposal within the aircraft; processing said control signals, data signals and video data signals, using signal processing means disposed in pod means having mounting means for mounting to the aircraft; storing signals including programmed signals defining an executable algorithm to provide reactive signals indicative of said selected programmed scenario; storing said data signals using memory means disposed in said pod means; transmitting an emulated radio frequency signature in response to said reactive signals, using transmitter means disposed in said pod means, said emulated radio frequency signature simulating an airborne reactive threat; receiving radio frequency energy transmitted from a target to provide said data signals and said video data signals indicative of the received radio frequency energy, using receiver means disposed in said pod means, said radio frequency energy emulating a response from the target to the simulated airborne reactive threat; and storing video data signals, using video recorder means disposed in said pod means. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for simulating a threat from an aircraft during flight, the method comprising the steps of:
- simulating a threat from the aircraft during flight, said step of simulating a threat comprising,
generating an emulated signature signal indicative of the threat, and transmitting said emulated signature signal at a target, wherein the target generates a counter signal in response to said emulated signature signal detected by the target; receiving said counter signal at the aircraft; homing on said counter signal at the aircraft; and storing signals including said emulated signature signal and said counter signal for simulation evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
- simulating a threat from the aircraft during flight, said step of simulating a threat comprising,
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40. An airborne reactive threat simulator for use with an aircraft during flight, comprising:
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simulator means for simulating a threat, said simulator means having mounting means for mounting to the aircraft, said simulator means comprising, means for generating an emulated signature signal indicative of the threat, and means for transmitting said emulated signature signal at a target, wherein the target generates a counter signal in response to said emulated signature signal detected by the target; receiver means for receiving said counter signal at the aircraft; means for homing on said counter signal at the aircraft; and means for storing signals including said emulated signature signal and said received counter signal for simulation evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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