An integrated training flight and sortie debriefing tool set
Maximising the value of
every training sortie
Shortening the gap between flight training and mission readiness
Find out moreUse cases
- Combat training, dissimilar combat training, LFEs
- Basic and advanced flight training, solo student monitoring
- AIRCOM flight data recorder can be installed in both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft
- De-briefing software which integrates flight data from multiple sources, integrates video with data, has multiple views and incorporates task analysis
Every sortie, replayed in 3D
Accurate flight data from multiple aircraft, consolidated into one objective debrief.
Independent of aircraft systems
A rugged, self-contained recorder that installs in any fixed or rotary wing aircraft.
Any aircraft, any squadron
From helicopters to fast jets, basic pilot training to operational missions.
Objective, shared debriefs
Pilots from different bases and aircraft types debrief together sharing each other’s data online.
AIRCOM
A comprehensive digital debriefing system
AIRCOM is an accurate flight data recording system and a 3D flight replay system to visualise the data objectively. AIRCOM is a unique integrated hardware and software system designed to seamlessly transfer all data from the flight onto the screen.
Debriefing is critical but is often overlooked in favour of the briefing. AIRCOM maximises the value of training and operational sorties by improving the quality of every debrief, from an ab-initio training flight, reviewing a solo flight, to advanced training and debriefing a Live, Virtual Construct sortie.
Time is money: AIRCOM saves both
All too often aircrews, pilots and instructors have to wait for data to be downloaded from the aircraft due to the size of the data files.
AIRCOM is a unique integrated hardware and software system designed to seamlessly transfer all data from the sortie into the debriefing room while the flight is still fresh in the minds of the pilots. Data from multiple aircraft can be rapidly uploaded and consolidated on the debriefing computer. The programme then produces an animated replay of all aircraft for the entire training flight.
Pilots understand that the post-sortie debrief is the greatest opportunity to identify errors that occurred during the sortie, develop precise solutions to the errors, and internalise the lessons to prevent future recurrence. Every sortie is debriefed from the first flight to operational combat missions.
AIRCOM offers the means to standardise the quality of the debriefing process by recording and presenting, the flight data, accurately and consistently, flight after flight.
Meeting the challenges of flight training
How did the pilots control the fight? Was the weapon release call correct? How accurate and safe were the manoeuvres? Human memory, even that of highly trained combat pilots, is subjective, biased and unreliable. Now, more than ever, there is a need for an accurate, easy to use means of replaying the flight during the debriefing.
Data quality
Poor data leads to poor debriefs. Many flight recorders stop recording when GPS access is lost. Other flight data replay systems are for debriefing simulator sorties, not multiple aircraft sorties or BVR combat.
Data recording
Most modern aircraft have data recording systems, but different aircraft systems are often incompatible. Data can take a long time to get from the aircraft to the debriefing, which leads to delays or briefing without the data.
Subjectivity
Human memory is imperfect and dependant on one's perspective. Emotions make us remember things distinctly. If two pilots have a different memory of the event who is to say what really happened?
A digital, “next generation” solution for flight training
The complexity of aircraft systems and the cost of flight time require a different approach. Solo flights need to be de-briefed as though the instructor pilot was in the aircraft with his student. AIRCOM records all the aircraft's data, so debriefing is identical, whether or not the instructor is in the cockpit.
Objective overview
The skilled instructor guides his students to detach their feelings and analyse the event objectively. AIRCOM uses data rather than memory to help students process the facts comprehensively.
Digital common ground
Many engagements involve coordination with mission partners and aircraft from different bases. AIRCOM allows data to be quickly and easily shared so all stakeholders can debrief together using the same information.
Accurate data stream
AIRCOM accurately records all mission data and replays all aspects of the flight in a digital 3D environment. AIRCOM includes many features, including task analysis, to enable the operational pilots or instructors to maximise the benefit from all their flights.
AIRCOM is in operational service and recognised by experienced air combat instructors as a cost-effective, squadron level, air combat debriefing tool
Successful debriefing is achieved by identifying aspects of good performance, identifying areas for improvement, and suggesting what should be done differently in future.
AIRCOM provides the features needed for the effective analysis and debriefing of a complex, air-combat, mission. The flight data recorder incorporates an “event” button, which is pressed to identify events such as the firing of a weapon. Thus highlighting the moment and enabling quick access to the event, in the debrief.
Independent data recording
AIRCOM uses a small flight data recorder, designed and developed by Integrated Aerosystems. It uses a rugged Inertial Navigation Unit (INU) to monitor the flight parameters; heading, speed, altitude, geolocation etc. which are recorded internally. The flight recorder is independent from all aircraft systems. It does not interfere with the aircraft as it makes no transmissions. They can be installed in any aircraft types including operational fighters, training aircraft, transport aircraft and helicopters.
AIRCOM can also input feeds from a video camera placed in the cockpit to monitor the pilot's reactions, controls or instruments during the training flight.
Objective perspective
Experienced combat instructors conduct probing debriefs and are trained to identify the split-second decisions that represent the difference between winning and loosing. Aerial dogfighting is a dynamic, adrenaline-pumping affair, and young pilots often land without a clear understanding of what just happened to them in the air.
AIRCOM replays the sortie data visually and allows you to shift from a “pilots eye” view to a third person perspective from any particular angle. This enables the instructor to show the flight from different viewpoints. That way the student can thus see what really happened and key learning points can be brought out and analysed rationally and objectively.
Standardising debriefings
AIRCOM can be used by every squadron, from training to operational. The software runs on a portable computer so can be taken along during exercises. Pilots flying different aircraft types from different bases in a combat can experience a joint debriefing for maximum learning benefit.
AIRCOM enables an air force to standardise the quality of pilot debriefing across all skill levels from basic training to advanced combat types, from helicopters to transport aircraft, from AEW to ASW aircraft.
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