WO2020114359A1

WO2020114359A1 - External airborne control system

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Publication number: WO2020114359A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/122494
Authority: WO
Inventors: 白浩雨; 林鹏; 王岩; 李培; 张雪; 胡锐; 张玉林
Original assignee: 中航技进出口有限责任公司; 中国航空工业集团公司沈阳飞机设计研究所
Priority date: 2018-12-03
Filing date: 2019-12-02
Publication date: 2020-06-11
Also published as: CN208775022U

Abstract

Provided is an external airborne control system, comprising: a suspension apparatus (1), said suspension apparatus being detachably fixed at an outer part of an aircraft to be adapted, and at the same time, the suspension apparatus is used to suspend a suspension (2) to be carried; a control management sub-system (3), said control management sub-system being detachably fixed at the outer part of the aircraft to be adapted, and the control management sub-system being configured to receive maneuver instructions and/or data information and correspondingly maneuver the suspension according to the maneuver instructions and/or data information; and a control device (4), said control device being used for the controlled sending of the maneuver instructions and/or data information to the control management sub-system. The present external airborne control system is a set of external and independent airborne weapon fire control systems, and may operate in parallel with the an original weapon fire control system of the aircraft. The present system may quickly achieve the installation and usage requirements of different combat aircrafts for required weapons/suspensions, and the combat capabilities of the aircraft may be effectively improved after the installation.

Description

External airborne control system

Technical field

This application belongs to the field of design and development of weapon fire control systems for combat aircraft and aircraft and weapon modification, in particular to an external airborne control system.

Background technique

The weapon attack capability of combat aircraft is mainly achieved through the interaction and cooperation of various airborne equipment (airborne weapon fire control systems) installed on the aircraft, and most of the weapon attack capabilities need to be designed and developed together with the aircraft at the beginning of aircraft development. Verification, or through special modifications to the airborne system to achieve development.

At present, the service life of a type 1 combat aircraft is about 30 years or more. With the continuous development and update of airborne weapons, it has become a routine requirement for active aircraft to add new weapon attack capabilities in a timely manner; however, the initial system of combat aircraft Architectural design limitations and constraints, and adding new weapon attack capabilities usually require redesigning, upgrading, designing, integrating, and verifying the aircraft’s original complex systems. Each additional weapon requires the development and verification process to be repeated, and the design modifier All need to be familiar with and master the original design status of the aircraft, which requires high funding, large workload, long time period, difficult to achieve, high technical risk, and small scope of application.

Therefore, it is desirable to have a technical solution to overcome or at least alleviate at least one of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this application is to provide an external airborne control system to solve at least one of the above-mentioned problems.

This application discloses an external airborne control system, including:

A suspension device, which is detachably fixed outside the aircraft to be adapted, and at the same time, the suspension device is used to suspend a suspension object to be carried;

A control and management subsystem, which is detachably fixed outside the aircraft to be adapted, the control and management subsystem is configured to receive control instructions and/or data information, and according to the control instructions and/or The data information performs corresponding control on the hanging object;

A manipulation device, which has a display control and/or information calculation function and can interact with the control management subsystem and the manipulation instruction and/or data information. .

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the suspension device is detachably fixed at the location of the suspension point of the aircraft to be adapted.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the top structure of the suspension device is configured to be adapted to the suspension interface of the primary hanger of the aircraft suspension point to be adapted, and is fixedly suspended at the lower portion of the primary hanger.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the control management subsystem includes:

communication device;

A control management device, the control management device interacting with the manipulation device through the communication device with manipulation instructions and/or data information, and manipulating the hanging object according to the manipulation instructions and/or data information;

A power supply device, which is used to supply power to the control management device, the communication device, and the suspension device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the hanging object is a weapon, wherein

The suspension device is a bomb hanging rack or a launching rack, and the bottom of the suspension device is provided with a bomb hanging hook adapted to the suspension interface of the weapon.

A navigation device, the navigation device is connected to the control management device;

A satellite signal receiving antenna, which is connected to the control management device and the navigation device, respectively; wherein

The control management device is configured to control the navigation device to enter the alignment state or the navigation state according to the received alignment instruction or navigation instruction;

The control device is used to send the alignment instruction or the navigation instruction to the control management device in a controlled manner;

The power supply device is connected to the navigation device and is used to supply power to the navigation device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the navigation device is an inertial/satellite combined navigation device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the control management device includes:

A weapon control unit, the weapon control unit receives the control instruction and/or data information sent by the control device through the communication device, and performs corresponding control on the weapon according to the control instruction and/or data information.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the weapon control unit includes:

A power-on unit, the power-on unit receives the power-on instruction sent by the control device through the communication device, and controls the power supply device to power on the weapon according to the power-on instruction; wherein

The control device is used to send the power-on instruction to the control management device in a controlled manner.

A preparation unit, the preparation unit receives the preparation instruction sent by the control device through the communication device, and controls the weapon to perform a pre-launch preparation operation according to the preparation instruction;

A parameter binding unit, the parameter binding unit receives the weapon usage plan and the target data binding instruction sent by the control device through the communication device, and performs target data binding operation on the weapon according to the target data binding instruction;

A launching and solving unit, the launching and solving unit completes the weapon attack envelope and the launching condition calculation, reports the calculation result to the control device through the communication device, and at the same time receives the launch instruction sent by the control device, and The suspension device is controlled to complete the dropping operation of the weapon according to the firing instruction.

A status reporting unit for reporting the status of the control management device in response to the manipulation instruction of the manipulation device to the manipulation device through the communication device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the manipulation device is a wireless controller, and the communication device is a wireless communication device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the wireless controller is a portable wireless intelligent display control terminal.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the wireless controller has display control and information calculation functions.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, an installation space is provided inside the suspension device, and the control management subsystem is fixedly installed in the installation space of the suspension device.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is a UHF frequency band.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is 300 MHz to 850 MHz.

This application has at least the following beneficial technical effects:

The external airborne control system of this application is a set of external independent airborne control systems, and can work in parallel with the aircraft's original weapon fire control system, which can quickly realize the suspension of different combat aircraft (new weapons/other suspensions) Installation and use requirements, after installation, it will not affect the normal operation and combat capability of the original machine system; and, the system will provide its own working power supply and provide working power for the mounted weapons/hanging objects. The aircraft provides power and control signal cross-linking; further, the system is mounted under the first-level rack of the aircraft's hanging point through a general mechanical interface. There is no need to change the software and hardware of the aircraft. It can be adapted to a variety of combat aircraft platforms, which can meet Different combat aircraft need to install and use suspensions (new weapons/other suspensions), and can quickly form combat capabilities.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the system composition of the external airborne control system of the present application.

detailed description

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the implementation of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described in more detail below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. In the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals indicate the same or similar elements or the elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary, and are intended to explain the present application, and should not be construed as limiting the present application. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of this application. The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In the description of this application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "portrait", "landscape", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", The orientation or positional relationship indicated by "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying The device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the scope of protection of the present application.

The external airborne control system of the present application will be described in further detail with reference to FIG. 1 below.

The present application discloses an external airborne control system, which may include a suspension device 1, a control management subsystem 3, and a control device 4.

The suspension device 1 is detachably fixed to the outside of the aircraft to be adapted, for example, the bottom of the aircraft fuselage; at the same time, the suspension device 1 is used to suspend the suspension object 2 to be carried, and the suspension object 2 may be, for example, a weapon or a pod.

The control management subsystem 3 is detachably fixed outside the aircraft to be adapted; wherein, the control management subsystem 3 is configured to be able to receive control commands (which may include, for example, power-on commands, launch commands, etc.) sent by the corresponding control device 4 and/or Or data information (such as weapon usage plan information), and correspondingly control the hanging object 2 according to the manipulation instructions and/or data information, such as controlling the power-on, dropping, and launching of the weapon, and controlling the power-on and working of the pod.

The control device 4 has display control and/or information calculation functions, and can interact with the control management subsystem 3 for control instructions and/or data information. .

The external airborne control system of this application is a set of external independent airborne control systems, and can work in parallel with the aircraft's original weapon fire control system, which can quickly realize the suspension of different combat aircraft (new weapons/other suspension) The installation and use requirements of the product) will not affect the normal work and combat capability of the original aircraft system after installation.

In some alternative embodiments, the suspension device 1 is detachably fixed at the location of the suspension point of the aircraft to be adapted. Further, the suspension device 1 is detachably fixed to the lower part of the primary pylon of the aircraft to be adapted, wherein the top structure of the suspension device 1 can be configured to be adapted to the suspension interface of the primary pylon of the aircraft hanging point to be adapted , So as to be fixed and hung on the lower part of the primary hanger

In some optional embodiments, the control management subsystem 3 may include a communication device 31, a control management device 32, and a power supply device 33.

The communication device 31 may use a known communication device such as a wired communication device or a wireless communication device, and is used in conjunction with the control device 4 described above. Preferably, the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is a UHF frequency band, and the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is selected to be between 300 megahertz and 850 megahertz.

Preferably, the manipulation device 4 is a wireless controller, such as a tablet, mobile phone, etc. in a portable wireless intelligent display control terminal, and accordingly, the communication device 31 is a wireless communication device, such as a wireless router, a wireless communication antenna. In some optional embodiments, the portable wireless intelligent display control terminal integrates a miniaturized board and a wireless antenna. The working frequency band and signal strength can be set and adjustable. In the same area, 24 wireless controllers can work simultaneously. A single wireless The controller can control and manage 10 wireless communication terminals at the same time. It adopts anti-glare reflective touch screen, supports day and night mode, and can be seen in strong sunlight. It adopts a small and efficient long-term rechargeable battery, and the working time is not less than 4 hours. It has functions such as power switch, lock screen, weapon launch, emergency release, etc. through physical buttons. It can be reliably fixed on the human limbs or cockpit equipment mounting frame by straps, etc. It has the characteristics of small size, portability, clear image and strong processing ability.

The control management device 32 is mainly used to interact with the manipulation device 4 through the communication device 31 and manipulate commands and/or data information, and manipulate the suspension 2 according to the manipulation commands and/or data information.

In the external airborne control system of the present application, the above-mentioned control management device 32 may be a weapon fire control computer device; the weapon fire control computer adopts a miniaturized and highly integrated technology, which is mainly composed of a chassis, a computer module, a bus communication module, an acquisition recording module, It is composed of radio frequency wireless module, discrete interface module, power supply and monitoring module, bus backplane, etc. The software adopts open architecture and modular design, with strong expandability. If necessary, this device function can be incorporated into the portable wireless controller and battery power supply.

The power supply device 33 may be connected to the control and management device 32, the communication device 31, and the suspension device 1, and is used to supply power to the control and management device 32, the communication device 31, and the suspension device 1. The power supply device 33 can use a variety of known suitable batteries or power supply devices. In this embodiment, it is preferably a battery power supply; the battery power supply is mainly composed of a single battery pack, a housing structure, a jumper, an electrical connector, a circuit breaker, and an insulation layer It is composed of fasteners and other components. It adopts real-time monitoring and fast loading and unloading interfaces. It has the characteristics of long battery life, wide temperature resistance and complex working environment, and long maintenance intervals.

In some optional embodiments, the hanging object 2 is a weapon; correspondingly, the hanging device 1 is a bomb hanging rack or a launching rack; at the bottom of the hanging device 1 is arranged a hanging ball hook adapted to the hanging interface of the weapon.

Correspondingly, when the suspended object 2 is a weapon, the control management subsystem 3 may further include a navigation device 34 and a satellite signal receiving antenna 35 (for example, a GPS antenna).

The number of navigation devices 34 is one, and is connected to the control management device 32. Further, it is preferred that the navigation device 34 is an inertial satellite integrated navigation device, which is mainly composed of a chassis, an inertial sensitive component and an electronic component. It has pure inertial and GPS, Beidou and other satellite integrated navigation working modes, and is used to provide a highly accurate position, Speed, attitude information.

The number of satellite signal receiving antennas 35 is one, which is connected to the control management device 32 and the navigation device 34 respectively; the satellite signal receiving antenna 35 (satellite antenna) is used to receive and transmit satellite signals to the inertial/satellite combined navigation device and control management device 32, With the ability to receive satellite signals and Beidou satellite signals.

The control management device 32 is configured to control the navigation device 34 to enter the alignment state or navigation state according to the received alignment instruction or navigation instruction. Correspondingly, the control device 4 is used to send an alignment instruction or a navigation instruction to the control management device 32 in a controlled manner. Further, the above-mentioned power supply device 33 can also be connected to the navigation device 34 to supply power to the navigation device 34.

Further, when the hanging object 2 is a weapon, the above-mentioned control management device 32 may further include a weapon control unit. The weapon control unit receives the control information including the control instruction and/or data information sent by the control device 4 through the communication device 31, and controls the weapon according to the control instruction and/or data information.

Specifically, the weapon control unit may further include a power-on unit, a preparation unit, a parameter binding unit, and a launch solving unit.

The power-on unit can receive the power-on instruction sent by the control device 4 through the communication device 31, and control the power supply device 33 to power on the weapon according to the power-on instruction; wherein, the control device 4 is also used to controlly send to the control management device 32 Contains control information for power-up instructions.

The preparation unit may receive the preparation instruction sent by the control device 4 through the communication device 31, and control the weapon to perform the preparation operation before launching according to the preparation instruction.

The parameter binding unit may receive the weapon usage plan and the target data binding instruction sent by the control device 4 through the communication device 31, and perform the target data binding operation on the weapon according to the target data binding instruction.

The launch solution unit completes the weapon attack envelope and launch condition resolution, reports the solution result to the control device 4 through the communication device 31, and at the same time receives the launch command sent by the control device 4, and controls the suspension device 1 according to the launch command to complete the weapon Operation.

It should be noted that, in other preferred embodiments of the present application, in addition to the display control function, the control device 4 (that is, the wireless controller) may also have an information calculation function, that is, the control device 4 can perform Fire control solution; taking weapons as an example, it is mainly to complete the solution of weapon attack envelope and launch conditions.

Further, the control management device 32 may further include a status reporting unit; the status reporting unit may be used to report the status of the control management device 32 in response to the manipulation instruction and/or data information of the manipulation device 4 to the manipulation device 4 through the communication device 31.

In some optional embodiments, an installation space is provided inside the suspension device 1, and each device in the control and management subsystem 3 is fixedly installed in the installation space of the suspension device 1; wherein, the number, size, and structure of the installation space Appropriate settings can be made according to specific pre-contained equipment. Especially when the hanging object 2 is a weapon, the hanging device 1 (i.e. hanging rack) is an installation and delivery platform for weapons/hanging objects and system equipment. It is used to interface with the aircraft hanging point interface and hang and carry the launching weapon/hanging object. It is used to install the energy (battery) of the delivery system, control management equipment (weapon fire control computer), sensors (inertial navigation/satellite integrated navigation equipment) and other equipment. At this time, the hanger structure needs to have sufficient strength and rigidity and shape space to meet the requirements of installation and arrangement of hanger hooks, system equipment and suspension to carry the launching weapon/hanging object. The upper interface of the hanger must have a different type of aircraft first-level hanger Universal interface capability for interface docking. Hanging spring hooks are available in single-hanging distance or compound hanging distance (hanging distance and structural form are optional) to meet the needs of docking and hanging of weapons/hanging objects with different interfaces.

In summary, in some optional embodiments of the external airborne control system of the present application, the control management device 32 (that is, the weapon fire control computer) is the control core, and has the ability to receive and process satellite navigation information such as GPS and Beidou. Cross-link with battery power supply, inertial navigation/satellite combined navigation equipment, control equipment 4 (ie portable wireless controller), etc., through the information exchange with the portable wireless controller, complete the power supply, alignment, calculation and launch of weapons , Weapons switching, hanging point switching and other logical control and status display reporting.

Further, the control device 4 (that is, the portable wireless controller) has long-term self-powered capability, and establishes wireless communication between the antenna and the system weapon fire control computer through the antenna to provide the pilot/operator with the system status, weapon status, attack status, and attack area Such important information is displayed and solved, and provides man-machine control interfaces such as weapon power supply, transmission alignment, weapon launch and emergency launch commands.

Further, the external airborne control system of the present application may also include ground mission management equipment; ground mission management equipment is mainly composed of portable computers, transfer cables, mission management software, etc., and is used to plan and generate target data and weapon binding parameters 3. Working frequency information. Ground mission management equipment can also be used to generate weapon usage plans, attack parameters, attack routes, resolve weapon plan attack zones, etc. on the ground according to the operational solution pre-resolving plan, and bind the results to portable wireless controllers and weapon fire control computers , As a reference basis for actual flight and attack resolution.

The external airborne control system of this application is a set of external independent airborne control systems, and can work in parallel with the aircraft's original weapon fire control system, which can quickly realize the suspension of different combat aircraft (new weapons/other suspensions) Installation and use requirements; and, it is only mechanically connected to the aircraft, and the installation does not affect the normal operation and performance of the original aircraft system; further, the system itself provides working power and realizes weapons/ The power supply, control, display and information interaction of the hanging objects do not require the aircraft to provide power and control signal cross-linking; further, the system is hung under the first-level pylon of the aircraft's hanging point through a general mechanical interface, and the aircraft does not need to be soft. The hardware changes can be adapted to a variety of combat aircraft platforms, which can meet the needs of different combat aircraft for the installation and use of suspensions (new weapons/other suspensions), and can quickly form combat capabilities.

The above is only the specific implementation of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application, All should be covered within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

An external airborne control system is characterized by comprising:

A suspension device (1), which is detachably fixed outside the aircraft to be adapted, and at the same time, the suspension device (1) is used to suspend a suspended object (2) to be carried;

A control management subsystem (3), the control management subsystem (3) is detachably fixed outside the aircraft to be adapted, the control management subsystem (3) is configured to receive control commands and/or data information, And correspondingly control the hanging object (2) according to the control instruction and/or data information;

A control device (4), which has a display control and/or information calculation function and can interact with the control management subsystem (3) for the control instructions and/or data information.
The external airborne control system according to claim 1, characterized in that the suspension device (1) is detachably fixed at the location of the suspension point of the aircraft to be adapted.
The external airborne control system according to claim 2, characterized in that the top structure of the suspension device (1) is configured to be adapted to the suspension interface of the primary hanger of the aircraft suspension point to be adapted , Fixedly hung on the lower part of the first-level rack.
The external airborne control system according to claim 3, characterized in that the control management subsystem (3) includes:

Communication equipment (31);

A control management device (32), the control management device (32) interacts with the manipulation device (4) through the communication device (31) with manipulation instructions and/or data information, and according to the manipulation instructions and/or The data information controls the hanging object (2);

A power supply device (33), the power supply device (33) is used to supply power to the control management device (32), the communication device (31) and the suspension device (1).
The external airborne control system according to claim 4, characterized in that the suspension (2) is a weapon, wherein

The suspension device (1) is a bomb hanging rack or a launching rack, and the bottom of the suspension device (1) is provided with a bomb hanging hook adapted to the suspension interface of the weapon.
The external airborne control system according to claim 5, characterized in that the control management subsystem (3) includes:

A navigation device (34), the navigation device (34) is connected to the control management device (32);

A satellite signal receiving antenna (35), which is connected to the control management device (32) and the navigation device (34) respectively; wherein

The control management device (32) is configured to control the navigation device (34) to enter the alignment state or navigation state according to the received alignment instruction or navigation instruction;

The manipulation device (4) is used to send the alignment instruction or the navigation instruction to the control management device (32) in a controlled manner;

The power supply device (33) is connected to the navigation device (34) and is used to supply power to the navigation device (34).
The external airborne control system according to claim 6, wherein the navigation device (34) is an inertial/satellite combined navigation device.
The external airborne control system according to claim 5, wherein the control management device (32) includes:

Weapon control unit, the weapon control unit receives the control instruction and/or data information sent by the control device (4) through the communication device (31), and controls the weapon according to the control instruction and/or data information Perform the corresponding control.
The external airborne control system according to claim 8, wherein the weapon control unit includes:

A power-on unit, the power-on unit receives the power-on instruction sent by the control device (4) through the communication device (31), and controls the power supply device (33) to be the weapon according to the power-on instruction Power on; where

The control device (4) is used to send the power-on instruction to the control management device (32) in a controlled manner.
The external airborne control system according to claim 8, wherein the weapon control unit includes:

A preparation unit, the preparation unit receives the preparation instruction sent by the control device (4) through the communication device (31), and controls the weapon to perform a pre-launch preparation operation according to the preparation instruction;

A parameter binding unit that receives the weapon usage plan and target data binding instruction sent by the control device (4) through the communication device (31), and targets the weapon according to the target data binding instruction Data binding operation;

A launching and solving unit, the launching and solving unit completes the weapon attack envelope and launch condition solution, reports the solution result to the control device (4) through the communication device (31), and receives the control device at the same time (4) Sending the launching instruction, and controlling the suspension device (1) according to the launching instruction to complete the dropping operation of the weapon.
The external airborne control system according to claim 5, wherein the control management device (32) includes:

A status reporting unit for reporting the status of the control management device (32) in response to the manipulation instruction of the manipulation device (4) to the manipulation device (31) through the communication device (31) 4).
The external airborne control system according to any one of claims 2-11, characterized in that the control device (4) is a wireless controller, and the communication device (31) is a wireless communication device.
The external airborne control system according to claim 12, wherein the wireless controller is a portable wireless intelligent display control terminal.
The external airborne weapon fire control system according to claim 12, wherein the wireless controller has display control and information calculation functions.
The external airborne control system according to claim 12, wherein an installation space is provided inside the suspension device (1), and the control management subsystem (3) is fixedly installed on the suspension device (1) Within the installation space.
The external airborne weapon fire control system according to claim 12, wherein the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is a UHF band.
The external airborne weapon fire control system according to claim 16, wherein the frequency band used by the wireless communication device is 300 MHz to 850 MHz.