Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES)

AFEWES IR Test ApproachAFEWES simulation attributesprovide engagement fidelity withhigh throughput; 100 plus runs perday. The AFEWES IR HITLsimulation uses a 9-axis CARCOflight motion simulator to provideaccurate representation of missileand target motion. The IRforeground presents theradiometricsignature of the target aircraftIncluding IR countermeasures(flares, lamp or LASER jammers).A customer-provided productionrepresentative LASER or asurrogate LASER is reflected intothe optical path to evaluate theeffectiveness of laser jammingtechniques. Multiple LASERtransmission heads can berepresented on the target aircraft.LASER pointing instability,pointing errors, vibration, andother losses are represented byappropriate dynamic attenuationof the beam.Missile seeker on Motion TableHigh FrequencyResponse Foreground(8 independent sources)72” Off-AxisCollimatorCapabilities:• Up to 8 Arclamp / Blackbody Sources• Multiple LASER Source Locations onTarget Aircraft• Individual Power / Shadow Control• Moving Fiducial Point Tracking (forLarge Aircraft)• Integration of Actual LASER CMHardware Possible• Real-time Missile /Target Kinematics