The importance of aircraft performance and signature reduction upon combat survivability

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Langford, John Den Jr.
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1988-09Advisor
Ball, Robert E.
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An investigation was conducted to estimate the relative
impact the six susceptibility reduction concepts of threat
warning, tactics, signature reduction, noise jammers and
deceivers, expendables, and threat suppression have on
aircraft survivability, with particular emphasis given to
tactics with increased aircraft performance and signature
reduction. An essential elements analysis (EEA) was
conducted for three representative scenarios, with and
without threat warning available, to identify the essential
events and elements in each scenario critical to aircraft
survivability. The six concepts were assessed as to their
relative impact on the essential events and an estimate of
the aircraft's susceptibility and survivability was made.
The results of the EEAs are presented in tabular format.
The general conclusion is made that both increased aircraft
performance, with threat warning available, and signature
reduction, with and without threat warning available, play
important roles in increasing aircraft survivability through
a reduction in an aircraft's susceptibility.
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