Electronic Warfare Simulation System for Pre-Deployment Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development and evaluation of electronic warfare systems are costly and inefficient, requiring extensive use of actual aircraft and equipment for performance testing, which is costly and wasteful, and existing evaluation methods are inadequate for pre-deployment assessment.

Innovation Solution

A non-communication electronic warfare system design analysis system based on engineering modeling, incorporating hardware and software components for simulating threat signals, jamming techniques, and performance analysis, allowing for the evaluation of system designs before actual deployment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If actual aircraft and electronic warfare equipment are used for performance testing, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of substance increases due to enormous costs and resource consumption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance evaluation accuracyVSAvoidcost and resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates virtual copies of electronic warfare systems, aircraft, and equipment through engineering models and simulation environments. These digital replicas enable performance testing and evaluation without requiring physical deployment of actual expensive equipment, thereby maintaining measurement precision while dramatically reducing resource consumption and costs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces simulation technology and engineering models as intermediary elements between the actual equipment and the evaluation process. This intermediary layer allows indirect testing and analysis of system performance, eliminating the need to physically mobilize actual aircraft and electronic warfare equipment while still achieving accurate performance assessment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If extensive field testing with actual equipment is conducted, then reliability is improved, but loss of time increases due to lengthy testing procedures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem performance verificationVSAvoidtesting duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary performance evaluation and analysis through simulation before actual deployment or extensive field testing. By conducting virtual testing and optimization in the simulation environment first, the system achieves reliable performance verification without requiring lengthy real-world testing procedures, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If individual performance evaluation equipment is used after system development, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance evaluation accuracyVSAvoidevaluation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the performance evaluation functionality directly into the simulation environment and engineering models, rather than requiring separate individual evaluation equipment. This integration allows performance assessment to be conducted within the existing simulation infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining measurement precision through the unified evaluation approach

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11984971B2Non-communication electronic warfare system design analysis system based on engineering modeling and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2024.05.14 AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEV
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AI summary

This application relates to a non-communication electronic warfare system design analysis system based on engineering modeling. In one aspect, the system includes a scenario unit transmitting a simulation threat signal corresponding to an input scenario and a threat signal simulator transmitting an actual threat signal. The system may also include an electronic warfare support receiving model unit allocating a jamming technique. The system may further include an electronic warfare support receiving analyzer allocating the jamming technique to the received actual threat signal and an electronic attack jamming model unit modelling a device for generating a simulation jamming signal. The system may further include an electronic attack jamming generator generating an actual jamming signal and a simulation situation demonstration controller analyzing performance by using the actual jamming signal and the actual threat signal.