PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy fight avionics specialists wanted to revamp the synchronous dynamic random-access reminiscence (SDRAM) for the built-in core processor and panoramic cockpit show aboard the F-35 jet strike fighter. They discovered their answer from Lockheed Martin Corp.
Officers of the Naval Air Methods Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., introduced a $760.1 million order final month to the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics phase in Fort Price, Texas, to revamp the SDRAM for the Technical Refresh Three built-in core processor and panoramic cockpit show of the F-35 plane for the Navy, Air Pressure, Marine Corps, and non-U.S. Division of Protection (DOD) individuals.
This contract is to assist alleviate design and long-term upkeep points associated to the F-35’s diminishing manufacturing sources and materials shortages, and to mitigate the results of obsolescent digital components. Lockheed Martin is the unique designer of the F-35.
The F-35’s built-in core processor and panoramic cockpit show are from L3Harris Applied sciences Inc. in Alpharetta, Ga. The F-35 Built-in Core Processor (ICP) is an open-systems structure that runs advanced data circulate in army missions. The L3Harris ICP operates not solely on the F-35 fight jet, but in addition on the Lockheed Martin C-130J utility turboprop.
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The first core processor within the F-35 is the Distributed Aperture System (DAS) processor, which integrates knowledge from a number of sensors and supplies the pilot with situational consciousness.
The F-35 additionally has a Mission System Processor (MSP) for sensor fusion, risk detection, and digital warfare (EW); Avionics System Processor (ASP) to handle communication, navigation, and management; and the Central Laptop (CC) to handle knowledge circulate, carry out calculations, and be certain that all methods are working collectively.
The F-35’s panoramic display is also from L3Harris Applied sciences in Alpharetta, Ga., and from Elbit Methods of America LLC in Fort Price, Texas. L3Harris gained a $43.6 million order two years in the past to assist redesign the F-35 panoramic cockpit.
This huge active-matrix liquid crystal show (AMLCD) is an intuitive touch-screen, and might current the F-35 Lightning II pilot with the data he wants, shortly, and with out overwhelming him with an excessive amount of data.
The panoramic show for the F-35 is split in two electronically. This design provides full redundancy and allows the show to proceed functioning in case of part failure or battle harm.
The panoramic show smart-stitches separate photographs into one steady picture. It reveals a wide range of sensor data, assault data, and plane standing knowledge.
The show reportedly can face up to a puncture or a crack, and nonetheless provide all its options on just one facet. In a pinch, the F-35 pilot nonetheless can depend on his helmet-mounted show in case of catastrophic avionics failure.
On this order Lockheed Martin will do the work in Fort Price, Texas, and ought to be completed by January 2029. For extra data contact Lockheed Martin Aeronautics on-line at https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics.html, or L3Harris at www.l3harris.com.
