Shoulder-launched missiles, also known as Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), have become a significant threat to civil and military aviation. Because of predictable flight paths, slow speed, and high Infrared (IR) signatures, large aircraft are particularly at risk during takeoff and landing. Encounters with MANPADS threats in Mombassa, Kenya (2002), and Iraq (2003 and 2004) have highlighted the need to assess large aircraft survivability and methods to mitigate MANPADS damage. The Large Aircraft Survivability Initiative (LASI) is an Air Force initiative that encourages government and industry collaboration to improve commercial and heavy military aircraft survivability to MANPADS and other threats. The LASI team consists of the Air Force 46th Test Wing, NASA, and a number of industry partners.
Aircraft Survivability: Survivability Against Man Portable Air Defense Systems, Summer 2005
2005
33 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Military Sciences , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Physics , Fuels , Electromagnetic properties , Fuel tanks , Joint military activities , Vulnerability , Military tactics , Air defense , Commercial aircraft , Survivability , Area security , Reprints , Explosions , Algorithms , Manpads(Man portable air defense systems) , Ir(Infrared) , Lasi(Large aircraft survivability initiative) , Eme(Electromagnetic effects) , Fuel tank inerting systems , Fista(Flying infrared signature technology aircraft) , Jasp(Joint aircraft survivability program) , Dacs(Damage adaptive control systems) , Ftep(Fuel tank explosion protection) , Large aircraft , Secad(Survivable engine control algorithm development) , Hvas(High velocity airflow systems)