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							Acquisition Process for New Norwegian
      Air Force Combat Aircraft

              Jan Erik Torp

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         Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
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                                   Background


Parliamentary White Paper (1991)
   ==> 48 new combat aircraft to be procured shortly after year 2000

Chief of Air Staff asks FFI to initiate a Combat Aircraft Analysis

Aim:             Support a decision of type aircraft to be procured

Duration:        1 Dec 1993 - 1 Oct 1996

Personnel:       About 4-5 scientists and 1 aircraft pilot (full time).
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                                 Framework

           Technical analyses

                                              Data collection
                                              - all candidates
            Tactical analyses
            - air-to-air

            Tactical analyses
            - air-to-ground
                                                Cost analyses
                                             - # new combat a/c

       Campaign level analyses



      Force cost effectiveness
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                                 Air-to-air analyses
                                 Aircraft data
                                 Subsystems data
                                 Weapons data             Scenario
                                 Opponent
                                 Tactical dispositions



                                          SILKA
                                    tactical air-to-air
                                                           Simulation
                                     combat model




                                  Kills and losses
                                  Statistical data        Data
                                  Performance data
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                                   SILKA

Developed by German Aerospace Industry under the leadership of IABG,
1974 – 1976

Closed, stochastic model

Up to 40 aircraft - A/D–fighters, escorts and fighterbombers

Relatively detailed modelling of
   aerodynamics
   engine performance
   signature
   sensors
   EW-systems
   weapons
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                                 Results - example

           6                                                 Candidate
                                                             Escort
           5
                                                             FBA

           4

           3

           2

           1

           0
                  Scenario A          Scenario B     Scenario C
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                                     New model - TALUS

Scope about equal to SILKA
•    engagement level air-to-air
•    closed, Monte Carlo based, discrete event

Potential use:
•    evaluation of combat aircraft
•    evaluation of sub-systems
•    evaluation of tactics
•    importance of off-board assets
•    provide input to higher level models
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                                     TALUS

Growth potential:
•    air-to-ground
•    SAM systems
•    representation of topography
•    man-in-the loop
•    High Level Architecture (HLA)