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The MDAU-2020 miniature acquisition and telemetry system (MATS) is modular to
adapt to application needs. (Image: Curtiss Wright Defense Solutions)
vibrations. These types of platforms pose a significant challenge
to the design and functioning of the flight test equipment.
Flight test equipment must be designed to not only handle
the high temperatures, but also measure the high temperatures,
the associated vibration, and all the other details that come
with this type of testing of hypersonic regimes. High temperatures
also significantly impact the RF links in terms of the
antennas and RF channels.
Using COTS for Hypersonic Testing
Multistage launch platforms have different flight test profiles
and phases. The first stage (i.e., the booster) is a propulsion or
rocket motor that is first tested on the ground, where the telemetry
requirements include measuring the temperatures, strain,
and pressures. These tests will also extend into an actual launch
test where the first stage boost phase will have extensive measurements
of the temperature, pressure, and strain at various
stages of the launch vehicle.
Most data acquisition products are able to support these
tests, and many of the telemetry companies in the industry
have supported launch vehicles for space (NASA, SpaceX, and
Aerospace & Defense Technology, December 2024
so on). Thus, for the boost phase, the takeaway is that while we
have to adapt to the environmental constraints, our current
COTS technology can handle them.
The second stage is the mid-course, cruise, and control
phase. This stage has different requirements, such as monitoring
the vehicle's actuated surfaces. In general, the number of
measurands decreases even though some are added for the
actuator surfaces. Most COTS data acquisition products will
support these measurands during this phase. However, the
COTS products designed for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and
missiles will need to be further ruggedized or qualified to
hypersonic environmental conditions prior to installation and
use on the platform.
In the terminal stage, the number of analog measurements
is reduced even further, with an increase in measurements
from digital buses (e.g., flight computers, time space and position
information (TSPI) systems, and other mission systems
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