INTEGRATED PASSIVE TARGETING EQUIPMENT

DCS WILL CONDUCT A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY AND EVALUATION OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE PASSIVE DAY/NIGHT TARGETING SYSTEMS POTENTIALLY USEFUL ON THELAMPS MK III HELICOPTER. THE GOAL WILL BE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SYSTEM(S) PROVIDING THE BEST COMPLEMENT TO THE LAMPS HELICOPTER AND ITS ASW/ANTI-SURFACE MISSIONS FROM AMONG AIRBORNE PASSIVE TARGETING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY FIRST REVIEWING THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH A SYSTEM IN LIGHT OF THE SPECIFIC LAMPS MISSIONS AND EXISTING AVIONICS. A CRITICAL SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT DOCUMENT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND USED TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATE NDI AND MATURE HARDWARE SOLUTIONS. AN ANALYSIS PHASE WILL FOLLOW WITH CRITICAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN CANDIDATE CAPABILITIES, RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS, SENSOR PERFORMANCE MODELING, AIRFRAME AND USER INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS, AND SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER REQUIREMENTS. FINALLY AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM TEST PLAN WILL BE PREPARED SO THAT THE NAVY WILL BE ABLE TO VALIDATE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS STUDY IN THE FIELD.