VLA Experimental Resource for Testing Innovative Configurations And Lightings (VERTICAL)

Stottler Henke proposes to continue an innovative analytic test tool that can be used to support vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)/rotorcraft ship VLA analysis and testing at the test team member's work area. This allows test team members to fly shipboard approaches in specific aircraft, to the deck of a specific ship class, with a realistic view in any day/night or weather condition, while providing an easy method of adjusting ship VLA components and environment lighting. The design of this analytical test tool should employ the flexibility for future enhancements and utilization to support test requirements and shipboard VLA design concerns associated with new ship configurations like LHA(R), DD(X), and LCS. This project will be accomplished by utilizing our expertise and experience developing many other rotorcraft-based and landing assistance systems for the Navy, other military organizations and for commercial clients. By combining Stottler Henke's systems integration capabilities with a COTS computer-generated visual environment, a means will be provided for analysis and testing via a simulation-based virtual reality environment with the ability to adjust ship VLA components and environment lighting easily.