This effort consisted of the delivery of the AV-8B+ Radar/Night Attack Weapons System Trainer (RNAWST) Device 2F150C to MCAS Yuma,
Arizona, along with associated documentation, spares, and support. The upgraded Device 2F150C is made up of several major components.
The Trainee Station comprises an AV-8B+ cockpit replica (to provide the same environment as in the aircraft), a Control Loading
Subsystem (to reproduce control forces in the primary flight controls), and a G-Cueing Subsystem (to provide acceleration and buffeting cues to
the trainee). The Trainee Station is enclosed in a mini-dome out-the-window display system. The Instructional System (IS), comprising one Instructor
Operator Station (IOS), is the main element for controlling, monitoring, and evaluating the training session. The IOS includes a Mission Planning
Mode to create the different exercises and scenarios to be practiced in the simulator, and a Portable Control Unit that allows a simplified
operation of the simulator from the Trainee Station instead of using the IOS.
The Aural Generation & Communications System generates the aircraft sounds, tones, voice warnings, ATIS, and GCA messages and
allows communication between the Trainee and Instructor Operator. The Data Processing System consists of a Digital Computer Subsystem (DCS) that
performs simulation computations and general synchronization of the simulation processes, and a Real-Time Input/Output Subsystem that interfaces
the DCS with the Trainee Station.
The Visual System includes the Image Generator, the Display System, and Visual Databases. The Image Generator is based on powerful
unmodified COTS items (hardware and runtime software). The Display System is a COTS mini-dome (M2DART) that provides a large field of view (360º horizontal,
+90º / -45º vertical) with 6.5 arc-min/OLP resolution. The visual system incorporates the databases of the North American East and West coasts. Both
databases encompass full geo-specific texture, with high-resolution insets providing resolutions up to 0.5 m/texel. The databases also include full sensor
subsets for the FLIR and weapons sensors. Material classification allows 1:1 correlation between sensors and out-the-window displays.
Simulation for the LITENING Pod is provided through
accurate host computer models and an additional Image Generator channel. The simulation incorporates specific runtime software and a clone of the
visual system databases. A Digital Radar Land Mass Simulator is used in the simulation of the air-to-ground modes of the APG-65 radar installed aboard
the AV-8B+.
Simulation software includes the necessary routines to model the AV-8B+ operation and its associated weapons, LITENING Pod, and the
Tactical Environment.
An HLA interface is used to communicate state and interaction data between the RNAWST and other simulations that may be participating
in a group exercise. The USMC Tactical Environment Network (TEN) is integrated into the trainer architecture, allowing an alternate solution for the
trainer computer-generated forces and for interoperability.
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