Definitions of Effectiveness Terms: A Report on the Purpose and Contents of MIL-STD-721B

The impact of the Systems Effectiveness concept upon U.S. military terminology required for acquisition of modern weapon systems necessitated a thorough revision of MIL-STD-721A and consolidation with MIL-STD-778 and MIL-STD447. Inclusion of a number of new terms and their definitions, as well as addition of standard definitions for terms on human factors and safety, was found to be necessary. The resulting military standard has been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use by all of its departments and agencies. Its contents should be of great interest to management and engineers in private industry who are concerned with the development and production of weapon systems for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. This standard is now in print and will be available for distribution early in 1967; this paper is written by one of the participants in the revision and compilation of this military standard and is published here for the purpose of information on its scope and contents.     

Comments on energy sources for the world's post-petroleum era

The author having just read the article: "Energy Sources for the World's Post-Petroleum Era" in the November 2003 edition of IEEE Systems Magazine would be interested to know what information sources were used when quoting costs, performance, and efficiencies for solar power systems. Also the quote from the German E-On. Being German and having run a solar power system for several years, the author disagrees with a lot of the statements.     

攻击机机群多步骤对地攻击模拟数学模型

以平均动态学理论为基础,研究讨论了攻击机机群在整个战斗飞行过程中作战效能评估的基本原理,建立了战效评估的顶层分析数学模型,导出了效能指标与对地攻击靶场效能指标、国土防空系统突防效能指标及要地防空系统突防效能指标间的关系式,给出了完成作战任务集所需飞机架数、被击毁的总架数,总战斗飞行架次数以及武器总消耗量等的计算式,为评价攻击机机群在整个战斗飞行过程中的作战效能奠定了理论基础。     

Open Systems: a process for achieving affordability

A major factor that will drive the definition and design of future avionics systems is affordability. Affordability is being addressed on numerous fronts such as hardware re-use, software re-use, COTS leveraging, and reduced cycle times. Each of these thrusts provide potential cost saving along with unique challenges. What is needed is a process that integrates these initiatives while ensuring the overall system objectives are achieved. An Open Systems-based process is key to integrating these initiatives and balancing affordability and system performance goals. Although Open Systems are being widely recognized as a key to affordability, most interpret Open Systems as a set of system attributes that need to be achieved. There are numerous claims of vendors saying they have an Open Systems architecture; or how their system will evolve to an Open Systems architecture. This emphasis is not on increasing affordability, but on attaching a politically-correct label to their product. In this paper, we focus on the Open Systems process as the key to affordability. An Open Systems process is based on Open Systems principles. This paper discusses the Open Systems principles and process in detail and shows how this process integrates numerous affordability initiatives     

Open systems-a process for achieving affordability [in avionicssystems]

A major factor that will drive the definition and design of future avionics systems is affordability. Affordability is being addressed on numerous fronts such as hardware re-use, software re-use, COTS leveraging, and reduced cycle times. Each of these thrusts provide potential cost savings along with unique challenges. What is needed is a process that integrates these initiatives while ensuring the overall system objectives are achieved. An Open Systems-based process is key to integrating these initiatives and balancing affordability and system performance goals. Although Open Systems are being widely recognized as a key to affordability, most interpret Open Systems as a set of system attributes that need to be achieved. There are numerous claims of vendors saying they have an Open Systems architecture or how their system will evolve to an Open Systems architecture. This emphasis is not on increasing affordability but on attaching a politically correct label to their product. In this paper, we focus on the Open Systems process as the key to affordability. An Open Systems process is based on Open Systems principles. This paper discusses the Open Systems principles and process in detail and shows how this process integrates numerous affordability initiatives     

基于冗余连接机制的SLE网络协议体系模型

CCSDS(Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems,空间数据系统咨询委员会)SLE(Space Link Extension,空间链路拓展)网络协议体系模型中,一个服务实例只支持建立一个物理通信链路,造成上层应用与下层链路耦合过强,存在一定的安全隐患。针对此问题,设计了基于冗余连接机制的SLE网络协议体系模型,该模型在现有的SLE网络协议体系模型中增加了逻辑连接层,支持单一服务实例同时使用多个物理链路进行空间数据传输,可根据多连接状态重新设计TML(Transport Mapping Layer,传输映射层)状态变换关系以及数据传输模式。该模型能够兼容现有的SLE网络传输体系模型,提高SLE服务的可靠性。     

Mobile terminal location for UMTS

Interest in mobile phone location is expanding due to the implementation of the third generation (3G) multimedia phones. The initial need for accurate terminal positioning has been motivated by government authorities, mainly by the US FCC's E911 mandate for emergency services. In Europe, similar ideas have appeared but the primary interest is in commercial value-added functions. Systems resembling air navigation and secondary radar as brought down to street level and pedestrian speeds are also foreseen. This article presents an overview of UMTS mobile terminal location. The performance of standardized observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) and a novel database correlation method (DCM) for wide bandwidth systems are evaluated through simulations in an urban microcell environment. DCM is shown to provide a reasonable location error of 25 m for 67% of the calls. The obtained respective OTDOA accuracy is 215 m only. Location problems encountered in built-up areas and relevant applications based on the obtained accuracy are discussed.     

Reconfigurable fault-tolerant control for supersonic missiles with actuator failures under actuation redundancy

Aircraft undergoing actuator failures into under-actuation have been seldom studied in literature. Aiming at addressing actuator failures of Total Loss of Effectiveness (TLOE) as well as Partial Loss of Effectiveness (PLOE) resulting in different system actuations, reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control (FTC) is proposed for supersonic wingless missiles under actuation redundancy. The under-actuated system of TLOE failure patterns is solved by transformation to cascade systems through a ‘shape variable’. Meanwhile, actuator TLOE faults of different unknown failure patterns from proper actuation to under-actuation are accommodated by a reconfigurable adaptive law on a multiple-model basis. The backstepping technique with the Extended State Observer (ESO) method adopted as a basic strategy is applied to an established symmetric coupled missile system with actuator PLOE faults, modeling errors, and external disturbances. Additionally, the nonlinear saturation characteristics of actuators are settled by an auxiliary system with the Nussbaum function technique. The stability of the control system is analyzed and proven through Lyapunov theory. Numerical simulations are implemented in the presences of aerodynamic uncertainties, gust disturbance, and actuator failures. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method with satisfactory tracking performance and actuator fault tolerance capacity.     

Security Systems Research and Testing Laboratory at Edith Cowan University

The testing and evaluation of sophisticated security systems has remained in the domain of governments in national facilities and the commercial security industry through manufacturers and engineering consultants. As well, the production of testing protocols and industry standards has been developed by national organisations, professional security, and engineering bodies in the appropriate security fields. The Security Systems Research and Testing Laboratory in the School of Engineering and Mathematics at Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Western Australia has commenced operations in research, testing, and evaluation of security systems. This paper wir describe the first year of operation of the Security Systems Research and Testing Laboratory, and will describe the role that testing and evaluation of security systems plays in the education and training of Security Science graduates, as well as the benefits that the Laboratory brings to the security industry through its testing programme.     

EMERTA - Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for ATM

EMERTA is concerned with the implications of two emerging technologies and associated concepts for aeronautical use, Next Generation Satellite Systems (NGSS) and Airborne Separation Assurance Systems (ASAS). Concerned with first steps in the use of both technologies, EMERTA establishes the feasibility of using NGSS services ‘as they are’ to meet Air Traffic Service and Airline Operation Centre requirements and assesses the practical feasibility of the early introduction of ASAS applications in Europe.     

The variable iron line in cygnus X-3

Cygnus X-3 was observed with the GSPC on board EXOSAT on several occasions, one observation lasting for 7 orbital cycles. The width W and centroid energy E of the iron emission feature near 6.7 keV show a smooth, correlated, sinusoidal-type modulation, the iron line being widest and E being lowest just before X-ray maximum. The line profile may show a low-energy wing, but apart from this does not deviate strongly from a symmetric, Gaussian-type shape. The continuum at higher energies than the line is not completely smooth, but shows bumps which remain stable in time. Two possible explanations are discussed for the correlated variation of E and W as a function of orbital phase.     

Image processing, a new diagnostic tool

The San Antonio Air Logistics Center (SA-ALC) Automatic Test Systems Division's Advanced Diagnostics and Technology Insertion Center (ADTIC) is exploring the addition of a non-intrusive diagnostics capability to existing Automatic Test Systems (ATS) utilizing various sensor technologies. The diagnostic techniques under development are expected to allow for more efficient fault detection and isolation than traditional ATS. This paper summarizes findings to date and discusses the integration of these technologies should they prove viable     

鱼雷作战效能评估方法综述

效能是衡量装备的重要指标。阐述了效能相关概念,明确了鱼雷作战效能的定义、量度。对鱼雷作战效能评估方法进行了介绍并梳理分类,将鱼雷作战效能评估方法分为传统评估方法和新兴评估方法,列举了层次分析法、WSEIAC法、灰色关联法、信息熵法、仿真法、试验统计法、神经网络法应用于鱼雷作战效能评估的部分文献,并进行讨论。明确了目前研究中存在的问题,提出了未来鱼雷作战效能评估的发展方向。     

Real-time mosaicking for infrared videos from an oblique sweeping camera

Image mosaicking is widely used in Geographic Information Systems (GISs) for large-scale ground surface analysis. However, most existing mosaicking methods can only be used in offline processing due to the enormous amounts of computation. In this paper, we propose a novel and practical algorithm for real-time infrared video mosaicking. To achieve this, a novel fast template matching algorithm based on Sum of Cosine Differences (SCD) is proposed to coarsely match the sequential images. The high speed of the proposed template matching algorithm is obtained by computing correlation with Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). We also propose a novel fast Least Squares Matching (LSM) algorithm for inter-frame fine registration, which can significantly reduce the computation without degrading the matching accuracy. In addition, the proposed fast LSM can effectively adapt for noise degradation and geometric distortion. Based on the proposed fast template matching algorithm and fine registration algorithm, we develop a practical real-time mosaicking approach which can produce seamless mosaic image highly efficiently. Experiments on synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is not just computationally efficient but also robust against various noise distortions.     

电视遥控制导导弹作战效能评估与仿真

建立了电视遥控制导导弹作战效能的仿真模型,对电视遥控制导导弹进行了全弹道的三维数字仿真计算.运用蒙特卡洛法得到了毁伤概率、命中精度和达到指定毁伤概率所需导弹数等作战效能评估指标,并分析了影响其效能指标的若干因素.仿真结果表明,电视遥控制导导弹命中精度高,毁伤概率大.     

Using LabVIEW to provide rapid prototyping environment for theteaching of avionics systems

This paper describes a simulation environment which has been used to teach the fundamental principles of Avionics Systems to students of Systems Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology. A versatile model of a Radar System is detailed as an example and its attributes from a teaching perspective are highlighted. The generic nature of the environment is also described, as is its position within the systems life cycle     

The Development of Systems Engineering

Systems engineering is described as the design of the whole as distinguished from the design of the parts. Systems engineers create the architecture of the system, define the criteria for its evaluation, and perform tradeoff studies for optimization of the subsystem characteristics. In addition to their own brains, the principal tool of systems engineers is the computer. Systems engineering has evolved during a long series of major developments, in particular the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program. The major growth of systems engineering is expected to be in the improvement of its tools and in the enlargement of the range of problems to which it is applied.     

Developing error-free software

The authors describe experience gained in designing reconfiguration-error-free software at IBM's Federal Systems Division in Houston. From 1982-5, this division reduced software product defects to 0.11 errors per thousand lines of source code. Four measurements defining software quality are described. Also discussed is NASA's development of a standardized software support environment, and the US Department of Defense Software Technology for Adaptive Reliable Systems (STARS) program. These environments provide for early control, standardization, and integration of requirements, leading to more easily maintained software and reduction of critical skill level for its maintenance     

2022年国外惯性技术发展与回顾

惯性技术广泛应用于海、陆、空、天各种载体的导航、定位与控制。通过对2022年的IEEE惯性传感器与系统会议、DGON惯性传感器系统会议、MEMS国际会议和圣彼得堡组合导航会议等惯性技术相关会议文献以及惯性技术领域相关机构披露的动态信息进行的详细梳理,总结了光学陀螺、微机电(MEMS)陀螺、半球谐振陀螺(HRG)、加速度计以及新兴的量子惯性传感器等惯性仪表及惯性导航系统(INS)的发展现状,并对惯性技术领域的发展趋势进行了分析与展望。当前,惯性技术领域相关研究主要侧重于小型化、提高精度和降低成本等方面。其中,光学陀螺较为成熟,更为侧重于小型化相关研究;微机电陀螺正在致力于向导航级性能突破和发展;半球谐振陀螺主要着力于探索降低高端产品的制造成本。     

基于AOS建议的GPS自主定位数据传输

AOS是空间数据系统咨询委员会(CCSDS)提出的一种新建议。在介绍AOS建议、遥测系统和GPS自主定位的基础上,提出了AOS建议下GPS自主定位数据传输的一种新方案。对该方案的可行性进行了详细地论证,并设计了具体的实现框图。