Cubic's
high-performance Electronic Warfare (EW) Simulators provide
an accurate and cost-effective means to test electronic
airborne systems against real-world radar threats. Used
for operator training and receiver testing, our family of
High Density Simulation System (HIDESS) products generate
radar threats identical to those that U.S. forces and allies
would face in actual combat.
Cubic's EW simulators produce multiple radar signals --
including surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air and air-to-ground
threats -- in real-time, dynamic scenarios. The
signals are injected into an aircraft's actual radar warning
receivers and flight software
to test the aircraft's ability to effectively handle various
radar threats. The simulators are also used to train operators
to recognize multiple signals, including hostile, neutral
and friendly radar signals, in a constantly changing threat
environment.
The simulators preserve the actual characteristics of both
the radar signal and operational environment to provide
the highest level of fidelity and realism possible. The
systems' unique design provides a clear replication of the
signals with minimal RF noise output.
The use of individual time clocks for each signal preserves
the asynchronous nature of the threat environment - in real
time. Signals are generated using the same basic frequency
timing clock as the radar that is being emulated, providing
unprecedented realism.
Cubic's EW simulators are modular in design with easy to
use, reprogrammable software that can be readily customized
to meet future needs. The products can emulate standard
radar, pulse Doppler (including ICW) or continuous waveform
signals.
CONFIGURATIONS
The Cubic EW product line is available in three configurations:
KEY
FEATURES
REALISTIC
THREAT ENVIRONMENTS
The fidelity
of the EW environment produced by HIDESS ensures that the
aircraft's equipment is tested under the same conditions
that pilots will encounter in combat. The key characteristics
of both the simulated radar signal and total environment
are preserved.
SIGNAL
SYNCRONIZATION
HIDESS
features unique separate clock generators for each produced
signal, which allow replication of the "real world"
EW environment. This is made possible with the use of individual
timing generators for each radar system. Even if two radar
systems are considered "identical," the manufacturing
differences of the two systems will cause a slightly different
timing pattern.
To preserve this asynchronism as seen in the real world,
the system must generate the signals on separate clocks.
Where multiple beams of a threat have the same timing reference,
the HIDESS architecture allows multiple signal sources to
be synchronized to the same clock. Complex signals such
as pulse Doppler radar signals, including any ICW components
and scan synchronization, are easily generated by the system.
MINIMAL
RF NOISE OUTPUT
A
unique RF module design ensures a very low-level of RF noise
output. This provides additional usable dynamic range for
testing sensitive, high dynamic range receiver systems.
ADVANCED SOFTWARE
At the heart of the HIDESS product line is the advanced
software package, Escape2000. The Escape2000 signal generation
and simulation control software operates on a Pentium-based
personal computer system utilizing Windows XP operating
system. Escape2000 allows the user to create a signal database
that can be used in many different tests or scenarios.
All user entries - including beam descriptions, pulse patterns,
scan patterns, scan definitions and frequency agility patterns
- are stored in a commercial database. These definitions
are then available to the user to build the scenarios and
test sequences that are required. With advanced ProClock
circuitry, even the Doppler effect on the pulse intervals
and pulse widths can be replicated.
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