In the Netherlands a capability to qualify new stores for military aircraft exists. This capability consists of elements contributed by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) and the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR of the Netherlands. The RNLAF operates a fully instrumented F-16 Mid Life Update test aircraft. Currently running and envisaged programs are in the field of external store qualification and future avionics concept demonstration. Recently, a program to prove the airworthiness of two external store systems has been completed. The qualification procedure developed jointly by the RNLAF and NLR is described in general terms, together with the tailoring of the procedure to the airworthiness qualification program of external stores. Furthermore the analytical tools are described which are available at NLR and support the F-16 airworthiness qualification. Also, a short overview of the instrumented aircraft and its capabilities is given. The interaction of analytical tools (simulations) and the test aircraft (actual tests) in the program is emphasized. Results of the external store qualification program in the fields of flight handling, flutter/limit cycle oscillation behavior, stores separation, structural strength in general and ventral fin issues in particular are given. It is concluded that a unique infrastructure, consisting of analytical tools, procedures, test facilities, and last but certainly not least, skilled people, is available to support the RNLAF in their aircraft operations.
Military Qualification of Fighter Aircraft in the Netherlands
2000
22 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military qualification of fighter aircraft in the Netherlands
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