App-A Capability Requirements Appendix_200604.pdf

Appendix A to 20-0001 4 June 2020

CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Measure of Effectiveness (MoE)

Measure of Performance (MoP)

Human Engineering

Cockpit

Aircrew anthropometric accommodation representative of fleet aircraft.

Two-seats, ejection capable, similar in design to current fleet aircraft. Adjustable seat and/or pedals to accommodate pilots.

Unobstructed safe escape when fully outfitted with relevant equipment.

Cockpit Configuration

Operationally flown from either cockpit, including all actions necessary to safely recover the aircraft without relying on front seat occupant assistance.

Provide front cockpit Heads Up Display (HUD) or Helmet Mounted Display (HMD), certified to fly instrument approaches and compliant with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements.

Provide Angle of Attack (AOA) indexer symbology in Heads up Display (HUD)/Helmet Mounted Display (HMD).

Provide AOA indexer on left side of the glare shield.

Workload efficient design of controls and displays to permit accomplishment of mission tasks on mission timeline.

No line-of-sight obstruction from the front-cockpit pilot design eye point to the visual landing system and to the landing area including centerline during the non-turning portion of a landing approach (except for minor momentary obstructions that resolve spontaneously with no pilot accommodation).

Suitability

Unflared Landing Capability Capable of repetitive FCLP events ashore.

Fixed Angle of Attack (AOA)

Approaches Maintain representative airspeed (115-145 KIAS) and glideslope (- 3.25°) while maintaining field of view during FCLP.

Field Emergency Arrestment Capable of emergency arrestment ashore.

Carrier Touch-and-Go Capability [Objective]

Capable of touch-and-go events only to CVN, including EMI (1).

Waveoff time to zero sink no greater than 3.0 sec. No carrier recovery or launch capability required.

Carrier Approach [Objective] Safe landings speed with minimum wind over deck considerations.

Representative airspeed (115-145 KIAS) and glideslope (-3.5°) while maintaining field of view during Carrier touch-and-go events.

Environment All weather. Day/night flight capable.

Air Vehicle (AV) Performance

Speed (Mach Number) ≥ 0.84 (2) Sustained “Buffet Free” Load

Factor (G’s) ≥ 3.1 (3)

Maximum Symmetric Load Factor (G’s)

≥ 7.33

Operational Ceiling (ft.) ≥ 41,000 External Stores Two wing pylons (i.e. rocket, bombs capable) (4)

Critical Field Length (ft.) 6,000 (5) Engine Controls Programmable Engine Controls

Flight Controls Programmable Flight Controls with Precision Landing Mode capability.

Avionics

Instruments and Navigation

Radar Altimeter, TACAN II, INS/GPS, Auto-pilot, Tactical Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II, Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (GCAS), Reduced Vertical Separation (RVSM), Area Navigation-2 (RNAV-2) Routes, RNAV Terminal, RNAV (GPS) Approaches, and Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category 1.

Identification IFF, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out- In.

Controls and Displays Integrate Digital Cockpit Displays, HUD, Flight Display Recorder, high resolution maps, and compatibility with Night Vision Devices

(NVD).

Non-secure flight recording device with rapid off-board data transfer. Mission planning and upload capability. Supports offload of information for timely fleet representative brief/debrief capability.

Three independent, logical groups of display. Clear display of control and performance instruments.

Same display functionality and information for front and rear cockpits. Selection of instructor only pages by designated cockpit.

Provide selectable repeater mode at both aircrew positions.

Mission Systems

Delivery of aircraft carried stores. Simulate Radar, Electro Optical /Infra-red (EO/IR), Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Electronic Attack (EA) sensor employment. Simulate Air-to-Air (AA) and Air-to-Ground (AG) weapon employment.

Interoperability Communications

Two VHF/UHF dual-band radios and Inter-Communication System (ICS) for pilot communications.

Data-link Interoperability Capability to instruct Tactical Data-link employment in simulated environment.

Supportability

Usage Rate (flying hours per year)

85,000

Maintenance Concept

Incorporate diagnostics prognostics and design for the maintainer attributes to minimize maintenance, repairs and cost per flight hour. Capability to assess material condition on mission critical and life-limited components so that maintenance is based on actual and predicted material condition.

Sustainment

Fatigue Life (flight hrs.) 14,400

Landings 43,200

Size, Weight, Power and Cooling (SWaP-C)

Incorporate SWaP-C for growth capability.

Ground Based Training System

(GBTS)

GBTS Configuration - Fidelity

A GBTS with complete and dimensionally accurate layout and features to represent cockpit and flying characteristics of a Design Basis Aircraft. Capable of maintaining software configuration with the aircraft. Includes controls and displays associated with carrier operations.

GBTS Interoperability Linked virtual capability between simulators

GBTS Motion Acuity

Simulate sense and perception of motion. Provide separable and distinguishable cues for motion in all regimes of flight, and cues for environmental effects (including turbulent air with ship’s burble), configuration changes, catapult launch, arresting landings at both land and carrier, and ground reactions (shipboard and land based).

GBTS Visual Acuity

Wide field of view visual display system with a terrain and object data base to include accurate and relative aircraft sizing, shape, features, angle off, aspect angle and closure rates. Sea state, flight deck directors, and high fidelity carrier model to be included in the visual database.

GBTS Operational Fidelity

Replicate range of motion, full operational sense and force each cockpit switch, knob, circuit breaker, lever and pushbutton.

Provides cockpit displays which are adjustable in brightness, contrast and gamma correction sufficient to accommodate device lighting levels from full bright through full dark. Provide mock cockpit flight controls with adequate characteristics to ensure control of the simulation flight model comparable to aircraft in-flight control. Capable to simulate aircraft carrier environment to include arrested landing, taxi, and catapult launch.

GBTS Performance Fidelity

Develop and integrate a computerized flight model reproducing all critical ground and flight handling qualities and all critical performance of the Design Basis Aircraft, free of execution singularities and exceptions

Notes:

(1) Electromagnetic Interface (EMI) requirements originate from MIL-STD-461G for box/subsystem EMI testing and to

MIL-STD-464C for platform Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (EEE) testing.

(2) At level flight, 30,000 ft., maximum thrust and take-off weight less 40 percent useable fuel.

(3) At level flight, 15,000 ft., maximum thrust and take-off weight less 40 percent useable fuel. MIL-STD-1797B defines acceptable regions of the flight envelope based on encountering intolerable buffet. AGARD AR-82 defines buffet levels.

(4) Wing pylons capable of carrying LAU-68 Rocket Launcher with six 2.75" Rockets or A/A 37B-3 PMBR with six MK76.

(5) At Sea level, USN hot day of 103 deg. F (per MIL-STD-3013A), maximum thrust and takeoff weight to include 2 aircrew and full internal fuel. Critical field length is defined as the distance required to accelerate the aircraft to take-off speed, lose the engine and then stop the aircraft on the runway; assuming 2.5 seconds for pilot recognition of engine failure and initiation of braking. Assume "take-off speed" is under V1.

GBTS Operational Availability (Ao)

≥ 98% based on usage of 16.5 hours per day, 5 days per week and 52 weeks per year