Generic Weapon Model Coefficients for Aircraft Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of weapon systems with aircraft is complex and time-consuming, requiring extensive storage and processing capacity due to the need for distinct models for each weapon type, leading to lengthy and costly integration processes for changes or new weapons.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that use remote processors to generate a generic performance envelope for different aircraft and weapon types, determining coefficients for a generic polynomial to reconstruct the weapon's performance envelope on the aircraft, reducing data storage and processing needs, and enabling rapid integration of various weapon systems with minimal effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If distinct models are created for each weapon type, then the accuracy of weapon performance assessment is improved, but the storage capacity required and integration complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a single generic weapon model that can assess performance across multiple weapon types (air-to-ground, air-to-air, sea-to-air) rather than requiring separate distinct models for each weapon type. This unified model maintains assessment accuracy while significantly reducing integration complexity and storage requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by adjusting the generic model's input parameters (such as weapon range, speed, and engagement probability thresholds) to accommodate different weapon types. This allows the same underlying model structure to accurately assess various weapons by simply changing the parameter values rather than creating entirely new models.
2Reliability
If comprehensive integration is performed for each weapon model, then the reliability of aircraft system compatibility is improved, but the integration time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The generic weapon model is designed to be universally applicable across all aircraft systems, eliminating the need for separate comprehensive integration processes for each weapon type. The model inherently accounts for different aircraft platforms through its parameter-based approach, thereby reducing integration time while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing the generic model and its parameter relationships before actual weapon integration. This preliminary framework is then used to quickly assess and integrate specific weapons without requiring comprehensive re-integration, thus reducing integration time while maintaining system compatibility reliability.
3Measurement precision
If weapon models are modified for different launch conditions, then the accuracy of engagement feasibility assessment is improved, but the storage capacity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses parameter changes to represent different launch conditions by adjusting input parameters such as range, speed, and engagement probability thresholds within the generic model. This approach maintains high assessment accuracy across varying conditions while avoiding the need to store multiple complete models, thereby reducing storage capacity requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring specific parameter values for different launch conditions rather than creating entirely different models. The generic model structure remains the same, but local parameter adjustments (such as specific range or speed values) are made to match different operational scenarios, reducing overall data storage needs while maintaining precision.
4Reliability
If lengthy integration processes are conducted for weapon changes, then the thoroughness of system compatibility verification is improved, but the productivity of weapon integration decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The generic weapon model provides a universal verification framework that can quickly assess compatibility for different weapons without requiring lengthy re-integration processes. The model's universal nature allows rapid verification of system compatibility while maintaining thoroughness, thereby improving productivity without sacrificing reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating a reusable generic model that can be quickly instantiated for different weapons. Instead of creating new models from scratch for each weapon type, the generic model is copied and adjusted with specific parameters, significantly reducing integration time while maintaining verification thoroughness through the model's comprehensive design.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a system and method for generating, in an aircraft (1) in flight, a display indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft (1) successfully engaging a determined target (5, T) and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target (5, T) successfully engaging the aircraft (1). The method comprises: using a performance envelope of the weapon and performance envelope(s) for one or more different types of aircraft (1), determining a further performance envelope specifying the performance of the weapon when carried by any of the different aircraft (1) types; determining coefficients for a generic polynomial that fit the generic polynomial to the further performance envelope; uploading, to the aircraft (1), the generated coefficients; and, on the aircraft (1), reconstructing the further performance envelope and generating the feasibility display.