NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION AC/323(SCI-244)TP/571 www.sto.nato.int STO AGARDograph 300 AG-300-V29 Flight Test Technique Series – Volume 29 Aircraft/Stores Compatibility, Integration and Separation Testing (Essais de compatibilité, d’intégration et de séparation des emports sur aéronef) This AGARDograph has been sponsored by the Systems Concepts and Integration Panel. Published September 2014 Distribution and Availability on Back Cover NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION AC/323(SCI-244)TP/571 www.sto.nato.int STO AGARDograph 300 AG-300-V29 Flight Test Technique Series – Volume 29 Aircraft/Stores Compatibility, Integration and Separation Testing (Essais de compatibilité, d’intégration et de séparation des emports sur aéronef) This AGARDograph has been sponsored by the Systems Concepts and Integration Panel. The NATO Science and Technology Organization Science & Technology (S&T) in the NATO context is defined as the selective and rigorous generation and application of state-of-the-art, validated knowledge for defence and security purposes. S&T activities embrace scientific research, technology development, transition, application and field-testing, experimentation and a range of related scientific activities that include systems engineering, operational research and analysis, synthesis, integration and validation of knowledge derived through the scientific method. In NATO, S&T is addressed using different business models, namely a collaborative business model where NATO provides a forum where NATO Nations and partner Nations elect to use their national resources to define, conduct and promote cooperative research and information exchange, and secondly an in-house delivery business model where S&T activities are conducted in a NATO dedicated executive body, having its own personnel, capabilities and infrastructure. The mission of the NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) is to help position the Nations’ and NATO’s S&T investments as a strategic enabler of the knowledge and technology advantage for the defence and security posture of NATO Nations and partner Nations, by conducting and promoting S&T activities that augment and leverage the capabilities and programmes of the Alliance, of the NATO Nations and the partner Nations, in support of NATO’s objectives, and contributing to NATO’s ability to enable and influence security and defence related capability development and threat mitigation in NATO Nations and partner Nations, in accordance with NATO policies. The total spectrum of this collaborative effort is addressed by six Technical Panels who manage a wide range of scientific research activities, a Group specialising in modelling and simulation, plus a Committee dedicated to supporting the information management needs of the organization. • AVT Applied Vehicle Technology Panel • HFM Human Factors and Medicine Panel • IST Information Systems Technology Panel • NMSG NATO Modelling and Simulation Group • SAS System Analysis and Studies Panel • SCI Systems Concepts and Integration Panel • SET Sensors and Electronics Technology Panel These Panels and Group are the power-house of the collaborative model and are made up of national representatives as well as recognised world-class scientists, engineers and information specialists. In addition to providing critical technical oversight, they also provide a communication link to military users and other NATO bodies. The scientific and technological work is carried out by Technical Teams, created under one or more of these eight bodies, for specific research activities which have a defined duration. These research activities can take a variety of forms, including Task Groups, Workshops, Symposia, Specialists’ Meetings, Lecture Series and Technical Courses. The content of this publication has been reproduced directly from material supplied by STO or the authors. Published September 2014 Copyright © STO/NATO 2014 All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-92-837-0214-6 Single copies of this publication or of a part of it may be made for individual use only by those organisations or individuals in NATO Nations defined by the limitation notice printed on the front cover. The approval of the STO Information Management Systems Branch is required for more than one copy to be made or an extract included in another publication. Requests to do so should be sent to the address on the back cover. ii STO-AG-300-V29 AGARDograph Series 160 & 300 Soon after its founding in 1952, the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) recognized the need for a comprehensive publication on Flight Test Techniques and the associated instrumentation. Under the direction of the Flight Test Panel (later the Flight Vehicle Integration Panel, or FVP) a Flight Test Manual was published in the years 1954 to 1956. This original manual was prepared as four volumes: 1. Performance, 2. Stability and Control, 3. Instrumentation Catalog, and 4. Instrumentation Systems. As a result of the advances in the field of flight test instrumentation, the Flight Test Instrumentation Group was formed in 1968 to update Volumes 3 and 4 of the Flight Test Manual by publication of the Flight Test Instrumentation Series, AGARDograph 160. In its published volumes AGARDograph 160 has covered recent developments in flight test instrumentation. In 1978, it was decided that further specialist monographs should be published covering aspects of Volumes 1 and 2 of the original Flight Test Manual, including the flight testing of aircraft systems. In March 1981, the Flight Test Techniques Group (FTTG) was established to carry out this task and to continue the task of producing volumes in the Flight Test Instrumentation Series. The monographs of this new series (with the exception of AG-237 which was separately numbered) are being published as individually numbered volumes in AGARDograph 300. In 1993, the Flight Test Techniques Group was transformed into the Flight Test Editorial Committee (FTEC), thereby better reflecting its actual status within AGARD. Fortunately, the work on volumes could continue without being affected by this change. An Annex at the end of each volume in both the AGARDograph 160 and AGARDograph 300 series lists the volumes that have been published in the Flight Test Instrumentation Series (AG 160) and the Flight Test Techniques Series (AG 300) plus the volumes that were in preparation at that time. STO-AG-300-V29 iii Aircraft/Stores Compatibility, Integration and Separation Testing (STO-AG-300-V29) Executive Summary This AGARDograph focuses on aircraft/stores compatibility, integration and separation testing issues that have to be executed during the integration of existing or newly developed store on to new or existing military aircraft. One of the key differences between civilian and military aircraft is that many military aircraft have the ability to carry and release weapons. From the earliest days of aviation, when the pilot would drop simple bombs by hand, engineers have striven to develop the capability to accurately deliver weapons against targets reliably and safely. However, the general understanding about the modern warfare is accustomed to focus on the missile and its capabilities mostly, considering that the weapon is a substantive system; the people involved in integration business are profoundly aware that the weapon and the launch aircraft forms a complex system together in which the performance of each individual component depends on the performance of the other one. The weapon can only achieve its designated performance, if the transactions on the launch aircraft required for the integration are done accurately. The integration of weapons on aircraft requires evaluation of multiple topics related to different disciplines such as aerodynamics, structures, avionics/software maintenance, electro-magnetic interactions, flight test instrumentation, ground and flight tests. In addition to compatibility concerns, the release of a weapon creates issues such as the ability of the specific store to achieve safe separation and the ability of the aircraft structure to withstand the imparted loads during the ejection of store from pylon or launching phase in the presence of aircraft flow field. The number of subjects to cover is increased when the requirements for all the phases of integration process are considered. The execution of integration activities in a correct and complete manner is the solution of these concerns. This document discussed the importance, order and ways of different test techniques for aircraft/weapon compatibility, integration and release issues. Moreover, defined expected minimum report contents that today’s weapon systems test organizations require. Defining the engineering data package requirements, it also provided guidance to ensure the requirements for airworthiness are fulfilled. iv STO-AG-300-V29 Essais de compatibilité, d’intégration et de séparation des emports sur aéronef (STO-AG-300-V29) Synthèse Le présent AGARDograph porte sur la compatibilité entre les aéronefs et les emports, les essais d’intégration et de séparation qui doivent être réalisés pendant l’intégration d’une arme existante ou nouvelle sur les aéronefs militaires nouveaux ou existants. L’une des différences essentielles entre les aéronefs civils et militaires est qu’un grand nombre d’aéronefs militaires ont la capacité de transporter et délivrer des armes. Dès les débuts de l’aviation, alors que les pilotes larguaient encore de simples