THE FUTURE OF AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY


algorithms at each stage to access infor- mation from all survivability systems on the battlefield, as well as from the intel- ligence enterprise across the Army, DOD and intelligence community. If detection cannot be avoided, the intelligent net- work would use all available information to locate and identify the threats. Te intelligent network would then prioritize the threats, consider available resources and implement optimal countermea- sures for each threat. Getting to that holistic capability will be incremental. Te first stages are to share information and coordinate between the survivability systems on the aircraft. Te next stage is to bring in information from other on-board sensors. Subsequent stages are to share information and coordinate between platforms and different assets. So, the initial software architecture is intended to be extensible to build the foundation for this long term vision.


HIGH-LEVEL ARCHITECTURE Under the integrated air and ground sur- vivability concept, the future survivability suite is no longer a collection of stove-piped capabilities, but instead a distributed and integrated network of systems across indi- vidual air and ground platforms. Tese systems communicate autonomously with other onboard systems as well as with sys- tems on other platforms.


At the single platform level, the future integrated air suite is coordinated through an integration framework and an intelligent engagement controller. (See Figure 2 on Page 77.) Te integra- tion framework provides the physical connections between onboard systems and the central processing capabil- ity to correlate and analyze data. Te intelligent engagement controller is a software application that operates on top of the integration framework and serves as the “brain” of the distributed


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FIGURE 3


INTEGRATED AIR BETWEEN PLATFORMS


Individual platform suites are integrated into a network that continuously shares information and access to resources to improve the effectiveness of individual platforms and groups of platforms. (SOURCE: U.S. Army CERDEC)


survivability suite. It has access to data from all onboard survivability systems, including missile warning systems, hos- tile fire detection systems, laser-warning receivers, radar-warning receivers and electro-optic and radio-frequency coun- termeasure systems. Te application continuously assesses data from the onboard survivability systems to detect potential threats; it is implemented with an open software architecture that enables new data sources to be incorpo- rated easily into the existing framework.


As the platform encounters threats, the intelligent engagement controller uses advanced cognitive algorithms to locate


and identify threats; it then designs optimal countermeasures. In effect, the algorithms identify and implement the sequence of actions that maximize the survivability of the platform, given the unique parameters of the engagement.


At the platform level, individual survivabil- ity suites are integrated into a network that continuously shares information and access to resources. (See Figure 3.) Te intelligent engagement controller on each platform incorporates information from other plat- forms when assessing and locating potential threats. Following the identification of threats, the individual suites collaborate to implement a coordinated countermeasure


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