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AVIONICS SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (ELINT UAV)
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Korangi Creek

October 2, 2009

AVIONICS SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (ELINT UAV)
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REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BE (AVIONICS) THE FACULTY OF AVIONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING PAF Academy, Risalpur October 2, 2009

COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING PAF ACADEMY, RISALPUR

AVIONICS SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (ELINT UAV)

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A report submitted to the College of Aeronautical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of B.E (AVIONICS)

APPROVED

( ATTIQ UR REHMAN) Sqn Ldr Course Coordinator College of Aeronautical Engineering

( Najeeb ) Gp Capt(retd) Head of Avionics Department PAF KIET

ABSTRACT

Avionics System Design of an Electronic Intelligence Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ELINT UAV) 1. The report gives a detailed design of an electronic intelligence (ELINT) UAV.

The mission of the UAV is to gain information about enemy radars and develop Electronic Order of Battle (EOB).In this regard the required capabilities and performance specifications were given and in view of this information, a detailed study of different alternatives for avionics systems, avionics architectures. Communication buses and cooling systems was carried out. Finally the best matched systems were selected and an analysis of power and weight distribution iv RESTRICTED

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Approval Form Abstract Table of Contents Delimitation Acknowledgement Dedication I INTRODUCTION v RESTRICTED

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Electronic Warfare , SIGINT Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) II ELINT UAV: ROLE AND TASKS Role and Task Aircraft Name ELINT Operations Reference UAV Specifications Classification Mission Profile of ELINT UAV Required Avionics Systems Mission Segments Triangulation Process

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PLATFORM UAV UAVs Evaluated Platform Selected: RQ-1 Predator

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GROUND CONTROL STATION (GCS) Evaluation of Options Description of GCS-1200 EN/UYQ-100 V3 ELINT processing system

ECM SYSTEMS Options Studied Description AN/ALQ-162

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NAVIGATION SYSTEMS Description LN251 KN-4072 Digital GPS/INS

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Options studied AN/APX-100(V) Smallcraft

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COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

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Options studied AN/ARC-210(V) UHF/VHF Radio L-3 Communication KuSDL

48 49 51

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FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) Systems Studied Primary FMS LTN-92/CMA-900 AP 50 Auto Pilot/FCS system Ice Detector and De-Ice Controller

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ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (ELINT) SYSTEMS System studied Northrop Grumman LR-100

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ELECTRO OPTICS SYSTEMS

EO/IR MREO Nose Mounted Daylight Camera

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RADAR

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RESTRICTED Options studied AN/APQ-174 Multimode RADAR (MMR) 83 84

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ELECTRONIC SUPPORT MEASURES

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RWR MAW options

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EL/M-2160 MAWS (Missile approach warning system)

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ARCITECTURE Integrated Modular architecture Data Bus: MIL-STD 1553B Fault Tolerance Cooling Avionics LRUs Placement

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WEIGHT AND POWER ANALYSIS Equipment wise analysis Cumulative Analysis

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CONCLUSION References

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DELIMITATION
1. One of the main limitations of the course was the unavailability of avionics

equipment details on the web due to their classified nature. This lead to the drop out of many equipments during the selection process. 2. The unavailability of high speed internet was another problem. This made the

internet search quite time taking .and hectic. A DSL connection would have made the process much efficient and productive.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1. . I would like to personally acknowledge my respectable instructor SQN LDR

ATTIQUE UR REHMAN for his patient guidance during the course work as well as the research work carried out for this design project.

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DEDICATION

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I dedicate this work to my parents, whose prayers have always enlightened my

life and strengthened my determination at every difficult turn of life.

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