COMBINED DATA LINK/POSITION LOCATION SUBSYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED TACTICAL AIRCRAFT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS (ATALARS)

QUALCOMM, INC. PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF A DATA LINK INTEGRATED WITH A GPS POSITION LOCATION SYSTEM, BEING DEVELOPED FOR A TEST AND TRAINING RANGE APPLICATION, IN THE ATALARS APPLICATION. SHOWN THROUGH THIS EFFORT WILL BE ATALARS' ABILITY TO PROVIDE GPS DERVIED POSITION REPORTS FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN A TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT TO A CENTRAL ATC CONTROL POINT. THE DATA LINK ALSO PROVIDES MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO AIRCRAFT. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL MODIFY DATA LINK AND GPS SUBSYSTEMS NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR AIRBORNE USE OF AF TEST RANGES TO MEET ATALARS' NEED FOR WIDE BAND FREQUENCY HOPPING ANTI-JAM PROTECTION; MEASURE THE COMBINED ANTI-JAM AND EXPECTED PERFORMANCE; AND PREPARE A DRAFT TYPE A SPECIFICATION FOR USE IN A FIELD TEST THAT COULD BE PERFORMED IN A FOLLOW-ON SBIR PHASE II EFFORT.