The UK Ship/Air Interface Framework (SAIF) project has developed a networked simulation architecture for the purposes of studying the dynamic interface between an air vehicle and the ship from which it operates. The SAIF project has enhanced the simulation technology developed for the 13 nation NATO/PfP Interoperability and Re-Use Study (NIREUS), and has initially been aimed at developing a simulation system capable of accurately predicting the Ship/Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOLs) for a helicopter operating from a wide variety of current and future ship platforms. Since the SAIF architecture is independent of any particular ship or aircraft type, it has the potential to assess the operational performance of fixed or rotary wing Maritime UAV (MUAV) concepts in the key launch and recovery phases. This paper summarises the findings of a joint Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA) and QinetiQ feasibility study into the potential application of the SAIF architecture for MUAV simulation experiments. The study concluded that the use of simulation offers a powerful methodology for developing ship/MUAV operating limits in a flexible and cost effective manner. The use of a federated architecture also provides the opportunity to develop a collaborative simulation architecture with partner nations for use in MUAV studies.
Use of Simulation to De-risk Maritime UAV Operations
2007
17 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Aircraft , Computer Software , Marine Engineering , Computerized simulation , Naval vessels , Interfaces , Drones , Symposia , Feasibility studies , Ship launched , High level architecture , United kingdom , Aircraft landings , Flight simulators , Dynamics , Interoperability , Control systems , Muav(Maritime uav) , Saif(Ship/air interface framework) , Shol(Ship/helicopter operating limits) , Nato furnished , Component reports , Foreign reports , Uav(Unmanned air vehicles) , Federation
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