The Air Force Project Forecast II identified a number of key technology initiatives for development. This paper addresses one such initiative, PT-16, Smart Skins. The concept of the Smart Skin is introduced by briefly highlighting its attributes and potential advantages over standard avionics packaging and maintenance, and then goes on to describe some of the key ingredients necessary for its development. Problem areas are brought out along with some of the required trades that must be made. Finally, a time phased development roadmap is introduced which shows Claspan's proposed sequence of technology development programs that can, in combination, lead to first functional Smart Skins implementations in narrowband form in the late 1990s and in wideband form in first decade of the twenty-first century. A Smart Skins implementation in integral aircraft skin structure form will take at least until 2010.


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    Title :

    SMART SKINS - A development roadmap


    Additional title:

    SMART SKINS - ein Entwicklungsprojekt für ein Flugleitsystem


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    29 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 22 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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