Rockwell tests CRIIS equipment
Rockwell Collins has successfully completed the first risk-reduction flight with production equipment from the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS), the company announced on 14 July.
The tests were conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Test Range (ATR) at Patuxent River, Maryland. The company used production form, fit, function F/A-18 airborne and ground equipment for these tests.
The tests demonstrated a number of key functions, including data link network ingress after take-off, ground-to-air uplink of GPS correction messages and network services, and line-of-sight data link connectivity for up to 120 nautical miles. Other demonstrated functions included message routing between the ATR control centre and CRIIS ground and airborne nodes through existing ground networks, real-time monitoring of CRIIS and Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) data.
The CRIIS programme aims to provide time, space, position information, additional platform test data and employ a more robust data link with multiple independent levels of security (MILS) encryption. It recently achieved MILS encryption certification.
Rockwell Collins is the systems integrator and prime contractor for the next military test range system that will replace the currently operational ARDS. CRIIS equipment will support various platforms, including fifth-generation aircraft.
Tommy Dodson, vice president and general manager of surface solutions, Rockwell Collins, said: 'This flight demonstrates that the production equipment is real and can hook into existing military systems. We are done with development and are on track to complete our testing this year and start production in 2016. The next generation of secure, common test and training instrumentation is ready.'
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