UAI Translator for MIL-STD-1760 Legacy Avionics Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern air-to-ground weapons that do not implement the Universal Armament Interface (UAI) face significant costs and development efforts to integrate UAI capability into aircraft avionics, and existing platforms struggle to carry miniature munitions with UAI messaging, as they are incompatible with legacy MIL-STD-1760 and MIL-STD-1553B aircraft message interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A Universal Armament Interface (UAI) translator provides real-time message translation and data conversion between legacy MIL-STD-1760 and UAI messaging interfaces, allowing for the integration of UAI weapons on legacy platforms without requiring major avionics software changes or expensive modifications, by acting as an interface translator between the aircraft and weapon platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If UAI capability is integrated into aircraft avionics, then compatibility with UAI weapons is improved, but integration cost and development effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two segments: legacy avionics using MIL-STD-1760 and a UAI translator component that handles UAI messaging. This segmentation allows legacy systems to maintain their existing software while adding UAI capability through the translator, avoiding the need to modify complex avionics software.
Solution Approach 2:
A UAI translator acts as an intermediary between the legacy MIL-STD-1760 avionics interface and UAI weapons. The translator receives messages from the legacy interface, translates them to UAI format, and forwards them to the weapon, enabling compatibility without modifying the legacy avionics system.
2Stability of the object's composition
If legacy platforms use MIL-STD-1760 interface, then existing system compatibility is maintained, but ability to carry miniature UAI munitions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The UAI translator serves as a mediator that enables legacy MIL-STD-1760 platforms to carry and communicate with miniature UAI munitions. It translates messages between the legacy interface and UAI protocol, maintaining system compatibility while enabling new weapon capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The UAI translator provides multi-functionality by supporting both MIL-STD-1760 and UAI messaging protocols simultaneously. This allows a single legacy platform to maintain existing weapon compatibility while also being able to carry and operate miniature UAI munitions.
3Ease of manufacture
If UAI translator is implemented, then integration cost is reduced, but message translation complexity is introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The message translation functionality is extracted as a separate UAI translator component rather than being integrated into the complex avionics system. This extraction reduces the complexity burden on the legacy system and allows the translator to be developed and maintained independently, reducing overall integration cost.
Data Source
AI summary
A Universal Armament Interface (UAI) translator for a legacy military standard-1760 (MIL-STD-1760) messaging interface can include a legacy interface, a UAI, and a processor. The legacy interface can transmit a legacy receive message (‘R’ message) and receive a legacy transmit message (‘T’ message). The legacy interface can include a MIL-STD-1760 remote terminal (RT) messaging interface. The UAI can receive a UAI ‘R’ message and transmit a UAI ‘T’ message. The processor can translate the legacy ‘R’ message to the UAI ‘R’ message, and translate the UAI ‘T’ message to the legacy ‘T’ message.