L-3 Telemetry-East has designed and developed a wide variety of aircraft flight test products ranging from simple encoder/transmitter systems to large scale master/remote Data Acquisition Systems (DAS). These systems have been used by virtually every large aircraft contractor on commercial programs, and by aerospace contractors and government agencies on critical military programs.
Applications
Aircraft Flight Test
Missile and Launch Vehicle Test
L-3 Telemetry-East has provided, and continues to provide, products and systems to the major U.S. and foreign aerospace companies and government agencies involved in missile and launch vehicle testing. Missile programs such as Tomahawk, Stinger, Trident, and THAAD, to name a few, use L-3 Telemetry-East transmitters, encoders, signal conditioning, and data acquisition systems.
Precision Munitions Test
L-3 Telemetry-East has developed a unique, modular product consisting of a PCM encoder and S-Band transmitter used in projectile test applications. These units can be modified to accommodate virtually any requirement and can be physically repackaged to meet a wide variety of form factors, depending on installation needs.
Telemetry Ground Equipment
L-3 Telemetry-East manufactures a wide variety of telemetry ground equipment, including receivers, complete computer-controlled ground stations, and a wide variety of support products servicing the range telemetry, space data, signal intelligence, and satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) communities. These products include configurations suitable for rack mount, modules for VME chassis and PC applications, and complete turnkey installations.
Products
AirStor™ Rugged Network Data Recorder
Aircraft Flight Test
Missile and Launch Vehicle Test
Precision Munitions Test
Telemetry Ground Equipment
AirStor™ is a line of high-capacity, high-speed rugged network data recorders. With up to 12 terabytes of storage capacity and a 4 Gbps data rate available in a rugged 3U rackmount chassis, AirStor sets new standards in capacity, data rate and low cost-per-terabyte data recording and storage. AirStor is designed for operation in airborne environments, including temperatures of -20C to +70C, altitudes of up to 85,000 feet, and for the shock and vibration of fixed or rotary-wing aircraft.
AirStor offers Fibre Channel, 10 gigabit, 1 gigabit, or 10/100 Ethernet inputs along with various redundancy options to protect critical flight test data. AirStor data recorders can be combined with the L-3 AirDAS, NetDAS, and IntelliBus data acquisition products, along with the Vista software suite, creating a complete data acquisition, storage, and management solution.
Various encryption options are available with appropriate government approvals. AirStor data recorders deliver higher performance and a lower price than ever before possible in an airborne environment.
