Book description
From the earliest days of aviation where the pilot would drop simple
bombs by hand, to the highly agile, stealthy aircraft of today that
can deliver smart ordnance with extreme accuracy, engineers have
striven to develop the capability to deliver weapons against targets
reliably, safely and with precision.
Aircraft Systems Integration of Air-Launched Weapons introduces
the various aspects of weapons integration, primarily from the
aircraft systems integration viewpoint, but also considers key parts
of the weapon and the desired interactions with the aircraft required
for successful target engagement.
Key features:
- Addresses the broad range of subjects that relate directly to the
systems integration of air-launched weapons with aircraft, such as
the integration process, system and subsystem architectures, the
essential contribution that open, international standards have
on improving interoperability and reducing integration costs and timescales
- Describes the recent history of how industry and bodies such as
NATO have driven the need for greater interoperability between
weapons and aircraft and worked to reduce the cost and timescales
associated with the systems integration of complex air-launched
weapons with aircraft
- Explores future initiatives and technologies relating to the
reduction of systems integration costs and timescales
The systems integration of air-launched weapons with aircraft
requires a multi-disciplinary set of engineering capabilities. As a
typical weapons integration life-cycle spans several years, new
engineers have to learn the skills required by on-the-job training and
working with experienced weapons integrators. Aircraft Systems
Integration of Air-Launched Weapons augments hands-on
experience, thereby enabling the development of subject matter
expertise more quickly and in a broader context than would be achieved
by working through the life-cycle on one specific project. This book
also serves as a useful revision source for experienced engineers in
the field.
