Mid-Life Update
When F - 16 entered service in 1979 is expected to be replaced in 1999 due to several reasons, both economic and political F - 16 will not be replaced by a successor. (Which is not available at this time) and not be divided until the year 2010 to maintain the same level of capability and operational efficiency in the operation of aircraft in the next ten to twenty years. the world of modern technology to increase the application range has been developed that later became known as the Mid - life Update or MLU.
WhThe when the project started in 1989 with a two-year feasibility study to upgrade F - 16 May 1991, a development that continued until early 1997.The integrity of the aircraft structure.
Airframe F - 16s to the more heavily than expected in 1979, this caused cracks in several unpredicted me in some of the bulkheads of the fuselage before the aircraft will be available for the MLU modification status. Currently, aircraft will monitor the aircraft structure in a wide range of Integrity (SLIP) in this program to modify the bulkheads of the aircraft will be inspected and repaired. (Using the method of the evening), if necessary after SLIP horses, airplanes, we will be able to at least 5000 million flight hours and completed the life expectancy of 30 years.
Note that the cracks are not uncommon in aircraft design. To predict the number of acceptable types of cracks, aircraft manufacturers, which use data that reflects the ability of certain of the plane F - 16 is designed as an aircraft lighter and more maneuverable, which can withstand 9G and The minimum lifetime of 8,000 hours of flight data will be recorded in the spectrum of the load on the aircraft. (Kind of like a mission), I predict the number of aircraft and landing.Participating countries.
The first five countries to participate in improving the life; Four EPAF (European Participating Forces) Country: Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands and Norway, the United States. Each country has one of the lead Fleet (LTF) F - 16 factory company Lockheed - Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, is the aircraft used for editing. At the start of the program, it is estimated that the Air Force, it will convert about 223 A / B MLU version, under the end of the Cold War. However, as part of this program is finished and has the support of the United States issued after the program development.
In 2001, Portugal announced that it too was considering the upgrade to the MLU of the Portuguese starting in late 2002, the aircraft's first (LTF) will be delivered in early 2003, the first 16 generations and 4 B. version of the Peace Atlantis II will be upgraded. This was followed by another 20 F - 16s.
Each country participating in the program EPAF MLU:.
Belgium: Gosselies SABCA;
Denmark: issues, Aalborg;
Netherlands: Fokker aircraft carrier and the Air Force's inventory DMVS Woensdrecht;
Norway: Finance at Kjeller.
Each aircraft will take longer to 2,500 hours, which is approximately equal to 5 months.Default behavior.
Five verification, testing and installation of aircraft (TVI) is stripped of the body and re - assembled in the stadium at a later date to perform all kinds of functions, including the replacement of hundreds of wires. (Cockpit only consists of one hundred new wiring harness).
The aircraft will be complete again and they will be transported to Edwards Air Force Base to conduct flight tests. After the Dutch and Norwegian aircraft these flights will be moved to Leeuwarden Air Base for flight tests next. One of the tests include testing for new fire control radar system that is subject to weather conditions in Europe. In a stadium in Belgium following the TVI aircraft. While the software is started.Is it worth all the effort and money?.
Because of F - 16s unpredicted loads of body weight than in the Royal Netherlands Air Force's fleet of aircraft will be repaired in addition to improving the lives of the middle to give the body a complete 3500 hours of storage. aircraft in operation until the 5000 th hour flight, the expense involved in aircraft maintenance / overhaul and is not acceptable, the airframe is expensive, "RE. Check the "unnecessary. The cost of aircraft repair, overhaul / only a quarter of the costs involved in improving the lives of the middle.
The cost involved in the maintenance of ASIP program is in operation, increased life expectancy increased for aircraft F - 16 These costs are lower than the price of new aircraft. After living in the middle 16s - F-to-date updates, F - 16 can compete with the most advanced fighter in the world. The increase in life span both technical and economic adjustment programs for mid-life update.
The structure of the air channels of the block 10 aircraft will be modified due to the fact that the entrance to Block 10 aircraft currently do not allow the operation of the device difficult to transport such forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pod.Structure and the flight / flight upgrades.
Hardware, most of the airlines to install the MLU is that there is a change for the F - 16 computer tasks Modular is designed especially for the F - 16 This will undoubtedly be one of the computers. Most importantly, the F - 16 MLU when finished.Modular mission computer.
The most important item of the package to improve the central mission computer, Texas Instruments Modular (MMC), which is the key to providing new capabilities such as sensors and weapons, the pilot vehicle interface details of the increase. and the pilot. Subcontractor to Terma, Nea Lindberg and Signaal computer consists of modules - line change (LRMs) by several MIPSCO R3000 32-bit RISC microprocessor, which will use high ADA - order object-oriented design will reduce the time adopted for the new software and improve software maintenance. Other features include a module bus multiplex, the processing system, avionics displays, control display and power supplies, the MMC will be the key to driving the commonality fleetwide mode systems and software.
It will replace the three elements of the computer currently in use for a computer to control the expansion (XFCC) Head up electronics (HUD EU or HUD symbol generator) and a management system for store Trade with the Central (XCIU) MMC will take up less volume than 42% in a plane that weighs less than 55%, and consumes less power than 37% of the 24 channels available on the computer, ten will be. for future growth.Fire control radar.
Westinghouse AN/APG-66 (V2) fire control radar (FCR), it comes with a completely new processor, a data signal. It allows a monitoring mode while scanning the target is six to ten - on - six in the AMR AAM AIM - 120 Other features include a 25% improvement in monitoring and tracking the increase. mode beam Doppler sharpening (DBS), add air, ground and ground modes of mapping as a medium with a resolution of DNS, ECCM enhancements and compatible color display MLU kit and receiver to be reliable. 40% better than previous versions.
Physical parameters.
Quantity: 3.43 CU ft.
Weight: £ 261.5.
Voltage: 3285 V / AC (peak), 155 watts DC (Nominal).
Cooling: £ 11.3 / min 27degr C.
Advanced IFF.
Hazeltine APX - 111 (V1) to identify friend or foe Advanced (AIFF) has increased during the performance (100 Nm) is carried out through four. (Rather striking) antennas mounted on the upper forward fuselage in front of the canopy. These "Slicer Birds", known more formally as a body on the antenna array Interogator (FMA) is the most obvious external changes to improve the lives of the middle.
The advantage of this system is AIFF support for BVR weapons delivery in excess of the limits of radar / missile and increased situational awareness, which will reduce the chance of fratricide.Cockpit displays and indicators.Conventional wide-angle head-up display.
Head angle is a new display (WAC HUD) manufactured by GEC Marconi airport will increase the readability and convenience, the pilot has a wider field of view rather than the current HUD and the ability to add visual and support for The night is also the FLIR and HUD EEGS compatibility.Multi-function display.
Multi - Function Display Settings (MFD), manufactured by Honeywell, including two 10cm 10cm x display (4in x 4in) crystal using a liquid matrix, multi-function, which will replace the current radar, black and white, like Electro /. Optical unit indicator (REO - unit) and stores the Control Panel (SCP) - stores the management system. Both will increase the pilot's situational awareness considerably and thus gives rise to flight safety.Shown to improve power supplies to upgrade.
Generator upgrades to the program (EUPDG) manufactured by Honeywell and Nea Lindberg in Denmark to support the two color MFD's, which allows pilots to be set up to display two programs. One of them includes a horizontal situation display, which will provide pilots with a view of God's eye, if the tactical situation within a 20MHz, 32-bit Processor Intel 80960 display and 256K battery-backed memory. RAM of system memory, graphics controller is based on the TI TMS34020 raster graphics chipset.Audio / video recording.
In addition, the new TV system is produced by the Cockpit Telemetrics video recorders to tape the Airborne (AVTR) is replaced by the sound TEAC video taped Head Up Display, including pictures of the display, multiple functions. length is selected for saving the best for the mission debriefing.
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