CNS/ATM avionics for a militarized commercial transport

Author

Plies, J.B. ; Brock, L.D. ; Salamone, P.P. ; White, B.E. ; Meyers, D.B.

Author_Institution

US Air Force, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

5-9 Nov 1995

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

This paper summarizes Air Mobility Command´s (AMC´s) non-developmental airlift aircraft (NDAA) avionics requirements, information gleaned from surveys of the aeronautical community without attribution, and an assessment of potential air traffic control (ATC) and command and control (C²) avionics that would provide the necessary capabilities to meet NDAA objectives. Communications capabilities may include Inmarsat-Aero and military ultra high frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM); air/ground very high frequency (VHF) and UHF; military high frequency (HF) and HF data link; and provisioning for the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN) protocols for interconnecting satellite, Mode Select (S), VHF, and possibly HF terminals. Navigation and precision landing systems are also discussed. Looking towards future communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) concepts, another theme of the paper is preplanned product improvements (P³I) leading to increased performance capabilities as new avionics and operational procedures become available. The ultimate goal is the ability to participate in “free flight”, a concept that will be described as the CNS/ATM vision of the future

Keywords

air traffic control; aircraft communication; aircraft navigation; avionics; military avionics; military systems; protocols; satellite communication; surveillance; Air Mobility Command; CNS/ATM avionics; HF terminals; Inmarsat-Aero; Mode Select; SATCOM; UHF; VHF; aeronautical community; aeronautical telecommunications network protocols; air traffic control; air/ground very high frequency; airlift aircraft; command and control avionics; free flight; militarized commercial transport; military HF data link; military ultra high frequency; precision landing systems; satellite communications; surveillance/air traffic management; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Command and control systems; Frequency; Military communication; Protocols; Satellite communication; Satellite navigation systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1995., 14th DASC

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3050-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1995.482798

Filename

482798