Wireless Flight Data Download System

The U.S. Navy needs new wireless download (WD) capabilities for rapid transfer of flight data from T-45 aircraft to a ground computer. WD eliminates wireline manual downloads through the T-45 Avionic Support Computer Set (TASCS), which links the aircraft with the ground computer for data review and archiving. POC’s wireless solution will transfer 2 GB of flight data from the T-45 aircraft to the ground computer in <60 s. Specifically, the Navy is looking for a one-unit combination of the mission data loader, and WD functionality into a form-fit-function replacement of the existing MDL unit. To meet the Navy need, POC will design and evaluate all critical components of such a system, called W-LINK, in the first stage of Phase II, and integrate them for a full-scale system demonstration by the end of Phase II. This new “superbox” will be expandable to integrate additional third-party hardware with new functionalities such as a data link or hardware-supported data encryption. POC’s solution integrates all signal/data recording and download functions, including unprocessed and processed sensor data with processing and compression algorithms in a single box based on the Data Centric Flight Data Recorder (FAERITO) already developed by POC.