Advancements in hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

James A. Buford Jr.; Alexander C. Jolly; Scott B. Mobley; William J. Sholes

doi:10.1117/12.391677

12 July 2000 Advancements in hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

James A. Buford Jr., Alexander C. Jolly, Scott B. Mobley, William J. Sholes

Proceedings Volume 4027, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing V; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391677
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A greater awareness of and increased interest in the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) has been demonstrated at many levels within the Department of Defense (DoD) and all the Armed Services agencies in recent years. M&S application is regarded as a viable means of lowering the life cycle costs of missile defense and tactical missile weapon system acquisition beginning with studies of new concepts of war-fighting through user training and post-deployment support. The Aviation and Missile Research, Engineering, and Development Center (AMRDEC) of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has an extensive history of applying all types of M&S to weapons system development and has been a particularly strong advocate of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation and test for many years. Over the past 40 years AMRDEC has developed and maintained the Advanced Simulation Center (ASC) which provides world-class, high fidelity, specific and dedicated HWIL simulation and test capabilities for the Army's missile defense and tactical missile program offices in both the infrared and radio frequency sensor domains. The ASC facility uses M&S to conduct daily HWIL missile simulations and tests to support flight tests, missile/system development, independent verification and validation of weapon system embedded software and simulations, and missile/system performance against current and future threat environments. This paper describes the ASC role, recaps the past year, describes the HWIL components and advancements, and outlines the path-ahead for the ASC in terms of both missile and complete system HWIL simulations and test with a focus on the imaging infrared systems.

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James A. Buford Jr., Alexander C. Jolly, Scott B. Mobley, and William J. Sholes "Advancements in hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command", Proc. SPIE 4027, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing V, (12 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391677

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