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AIRCRAFT published by the Joint Aircraft Survivability 14SPRING ISSUE Program Office SURVIVABILITY PROPULSION SURVIVABILITY Large Engine Vulnerability to MANPADS page 6 F135 Propulsion System LFT page 12 PT6A Engine Vulnerability page 22 Lightweight Integrally Armored Helicopter Floor page 25 Aircraft Survivability is published three times a year by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program TABLE OF CONTENTS Office (JASPO) chartered by the US Army Aviation & Missile Command, US Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center, and US Navy Naval Air Systems Command. 4 NEWS NOTES by Dennis Lindell 5 JCAT CORNER by CAPT Cliff Burnette, Lt Col Douglas Jankovich, and CW5 Mike Apple 6 LARGE ENGINE VULNERABILITY TO MANPADS by Greg Czarnecki, John Haas, Brian Sexton, Joe Manchor, and Gautam Shah This article summarizes an assessment of large aircraft engine vulnerability to the man- portable air defense system (MANPADS) missile threat. Testing and modeling involved MANPADS shots into operating/rotating CF6-50 engines, which are typical of large transport aircraft. 12 F135 PROPULSION SYSTEM LIVE FIRE TEST (LFT) by Charles Frankenberger JAS Program Office As part of the F-35 LFT Program, the LFT team recently conducted a series of LFTs to assess 735 S Courthouse Road Suite 1100 the Pratt & Whitney F135 propulsion system against ballistic damage. The F-35 LFT Master Plan Arlington, VA 22204-2489 http://jaspo.csd.disa.mil includes a series of propulsion system tests designed to better understand the capabilities and vulnerabilities of the F135, once damaged, and to address assumptions used in the F-35 vulner- Views and comments are welcome ability assessment. and may be addressed to the: 15 EXCELLENCE IN SURVIVABILITY— Editor Dennis Lindell DR. MARK ROBESON by Ken Branham Assistant Editor The Joint Aircraft Survivability Program (JASP) takes great honor in recognizing Dr. Mark Dale B. Atkinson Robeson for his outstanding contributions to combat aircraft advances, his leadership within JASP, and his Excellence in Survivability. Mark is an aerospace engineer at the US Army’s Aviation Development Directorate – Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (ADD–AATD) To order back issues of the AS Journal, please visit located at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. http://www.bahdayton.com/ surviac/inquiry.aspx 19 LESSONS LEARNED FROM LIVE FIRE TEST On the cover: AND EVALUATION (LFT&E) Jacksonville, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2013) by James O’Bryon Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Christopher Davis, assigned to One of the major benefits coming out of the 30 years of LFT&E has been the abundance of insights Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, prepares to gained on how to build and field more survivable defense platforms and more effective weapons. launch a P-8A Poseidon aircraft. VP-16 is the first operational squadron to deploy with the P-8A. Congress passed its first LFT&E legislation in FY86, requiring that all tracked and wheeled (U.S. Navy photo by Mass combat vehicles that provided protection to the soldier be realistically tested, and tested not just to Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric A. Pastor/Released). assess how well the vehicle would hold up in combat, but more importantly, how well the soldiers inside would survive in anticipated combat-realistic scenarios. AS Journal 14 / SPRING http://jaspo.csd.disa.mil Mailing list additions, deletions, changes, and calendar items may be directed to: 22 PT6A ENGINE VULNERABILITY SURVIAC Satellite Office by Brent Mills 13200 Woodland Park Road Suite 6047 Many Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft (e.g., A-29, C-12, RC-12, U-21, U-21C, PC-12, Herndon, VA 20171 Fax: 703/984-0756 T-6, T-34C, T-44, DHC-6, and C-23) are used in theater for delivering small cargo shipments, Email: [email protected] gathering intelligence, providing training, and transporting VIPs. For these aircraft, which have limited protection from ballistic threats, little ballistic vulnerability data exists. Promotional Director Jerri Limer 25 LIGHTWEIGHT INTEGRALLY ARMORED Creative Director HELICOPTER FLOOR Michelle Meehan by Mark Robeson Art Director United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC), and the Karim Ramzy US Army’s Aviation Development Directorate (ADD) – Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), with additional funding from the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO), Technical Editor developed and demonstrated an affordable, lightweight integrally armored helicopter floor. The Alexandra Sveum floor was designed using the architecture of the Sikorsky H-60 platform, and was required to Journal Design perform all of the functions of the current floor while also providing ballistic protection from a Donald Rowe 7.62 mm ball threat. Illustrations, Cover Design, Layout 29 AN OPTIMAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF Isma’il Rashada A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM (MWS) by Yeondeog Koo and Jongmin Lee Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; This paper introduces an optimal conceptual design of a MWS that improves survivability of distribution unlimited, as submitted under OSD/DOT&E Public Release low speed aircrafts. The design is implemented by fusing data of both an ultraviolet (UV) sensor Authorization 14-S-0997. and a radar sensor. The proposed MWS system is able to detect threats of infrared (IR)-based man portable air defense system (MANPADS) as well as radar/laser-guided missiles and unguided rockets more effectively. 32 RASE EXPERIMENTS IMPROVE AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY by Dennis Duquette and Kevin Gross “Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Fire!” In September 2013, the Fire Control Officer issued this command 811 times before shooting more than 10,900 rounds of ammunition during the Rotorcraft Aircraft Survivability Equipment (RASE) Experiment, a 12-day live fire venue. The RASE 2013 experiment was conducted at a remote test site at Weapons Survivability Laboratory (WSL), Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake, CA. http://jaspo.csd.disa.mil AS Journal 14 / SPRING by Dennis NEWS NOTES Lindell KEITH JOCHUM the AVSF improvements, including construction of the Range 3 Upper Test Platform, above ground storage tanks, installation of the 50-ton crane, major upgrades to the control room, and greatly improving the data acquisition and control systems. He was also the manager when the AVSF was included in BRAC 2005, and he ensured the seam- less transition of critical equipment to China Lake in support of Air Force LFT&E. Keith ensured that no Air Force test It is with great sadness that we fidelity was lost due to lack of equipment, announce the passing of Mr. Keith instrumentation, or data collection. Jochum. Keith fought a long, valiant Weapons systems tested during his battle with cancer, passing on 1 June tenure included the F-22, F-35 JSF, A-10, 2013. Keith’s constant smile and upbeat B-1B, C-130J, C-17, C-5, KC-46, Predator, Headquarters in Mountain View, CA, approach to management and life is CF-6 engines, and a host of new from 14–18 October 2013. The main sorely missed. state-of-the-art aircraft vulnerability purpose of the camp, which was reduction suites and technologies. sponsored and hosted by Google’s Open Keith came to the Air Force Research Source Programs Office and FLOSS Laboratory, Flight Dynamics Directorate, Keith was a pleasure to work with and Manuals, was to plan and conduct a “Doc Aircraft Survivability Branch, Vehicle was the “behind-the-scenes” glue that Sprint.” Doc Sprints are a unique Equipment Division, as a Major in the US kept the AVSF and LGTF facilities running approach to collaboratively plan, write, Air Force in April 1995, and remained smoothly, ensuring accurate data and and publish a complete user’s manual in until March 1998. After his retirement timely test completion. His constant less than a week. BRL-CAD was one of from the Air Force on 31 March 1998, he dedication to completing of the mission three software projects selected to transitioned to civilian life, but did not has contributed significantly to the participate in this year’s sprints. stay away long. He came back as the well-being of our airmen and the 46th Test Wing (now 96th Test Group), survivability of our weapons systems. The camp’s 20 participant “sprinters” Aerospace Survivability and Safety came from eight different countries. The Operating Location, Aerospace BRL-CAD CONTRIBUTOR’S manual the BRL-CAD team produced, Vulnerability Survivability Facility (AVSF) GUIDE PUBLISHED AT titled HACKING BRL-CAD: A Contributor’s operations and maintenance (O&M) Guide, is primarily targeted at attracting contract manager in June 2001. In 2011, GOOGLE DOC CAMP and assisting new BRL-CAD developers the Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF) was Individuals from the US Army Research and documenters in the open source rolled under the Eglin O&M contract, so Laboratory (ARL); Quantum Research community. Included are sections on Keith was charged with managing both International; the SURVICE Engineering working with code, contributing needed facilities. Keith managed the AVSF test Company; and open source contributors documentation, and performing other support for many of the joint live fire and from Cameroon, India, and New Zealand types of support tasks. Code snippets are live fire test & evaluation (LFT&E) were recently part of a seven-member also included to demonstrate several programs. He ensured tests were BRL-CAD documentation team selected common BRL-CAD operations. completed in a timely and accurate to participate in the 2013 Google Summer manner. He was instrumental in many of of Code Doc Camp at Google AS Journal 14 / SPRING http://jaspo.csd.disa.mil 4 Figure 1 BRL-CAD Doc Sprint Team Figure 2 BRL-CAD Doc Sprint Team BRL-CAD is a solid modeling package THREAT WEAPONS combat experience to provide a complete picture on threat lethality. This training (and Survivability/Vulnerability EFFECTS TRAINING 2014 Information Analysis Center [SURVIAC] provides hands-on experience with product) developed by ARL more than 30 The 2014 Threat Weapons Effects threat munitions/missiles, test articles, years ago and used throughout the Training will take place on Hurlburt Field and damaged aircraft.