Almost all US aircraft losses since Vietnam have been to MANPADS(Man Portable Air Defense System). MANPADS are a principal weapon of terrorists. MANPADS are cheap, lethal, available and can obstruct US air superiority. Most military aircraft have inadequate or no Missile Warning Systems. An open-air, closed loop Test and evaluate (T&E) capability to evaluate infrared (IR) warning & countermeasures, quantify end-game effectiveness, and evaluate installed, integrated systems in military aircraft is an urgent need. T&E is conducted incrementally; installed systems are far more complex and interact with and/or depend upon many other avionic systems. The Infrared Countermeasures Assessment System (ICAS) was developed to meet his need. T&E of installed IR warning and CM equipment requires an End-to- End approach and will dramatically improve with the availability of ICAS capabilities. Evolutionary expansion of ICAS will produce a large range area in which developers and users can fly without significant constraints, conducting T&E, tactics assessment, mission rehearsal and unit training. As IR threat technology introduces multi- spectral, imaging seekers with powerful processing, ICAS will require enhancements but the fundamental facility concept can evolve to respond to any plausible future threat.
Integrated Countermeasure Assessment System (ICAS)
2007
11 pages
Report
No indication
English
Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Military Sciences , Infrared & Ultraviolet Detection , Test and evaluation , Infrared countermeasures , Test facilities , Surface to air missiles , Shoulder launched weapons , Workshops , Ultraviolet detectors , Warning systems , Aircraft defense systems , Ultraviolet signatures , Infrared detectors , Infrared signatures , Simulation , Exhaust plumes , Nato furnished , Briefing charts , Icas(Infrared countermeasures assessment system) , Manpads(Man portable air defense systems) , Plume simulations , Missile fly-out models , Uv stimulator uv stimulator array
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|ICAS-92-2.3.3 Integrated Utilities Management System for Aircraft
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