System and simulator for in-flight threat and countermeasures training

Claim 1

An operator training system and simulator for training in aircraft threat warning and countermeasures, said aircraft having a plurality of sensors for detecting electromagnetic emissions and active elements for countering detected threats, comprising: (1) countermeasures integration terminal unit, coupled to control said sensors and said active elements, for selectively providing digital data corresponding to a normal cockpit instrument display or to a given threat scenario, said terminal unit further comprising: (a) flight programmable digital data storage means for receiving data representative of predetermined threat scenarios, (b) digital image data processor means for generating displayable symbols representative of said threat scenario and corresponding to a normal cockpit instrument display, (2) trainer input control means for manually generating digital data in order to select a predetermined threat scenario or a normal cockpit instrument display, (3) display means coupled to receive data from said data storage means and to display scenarios or a cockpit instrument display as selected by said control means, (4) a computer processor circuit responsive to said control means for controlling said display means, (5) an audio-frequency generator circuit controlled by information from said computer processor circuit for producing audible signals corresponding to said threat scenario, and (6) data input means responsive to navigational data and pilot trainee input data for entering information to said computer processor circuit varying in response to the simulated conditions provided through the execution of a selected threat scenario, and for interactively controlling said display means according to said responses, said training system and simulator further comprising means for coupling said sensors and said active elements to said computer processor circuit for indicating an operational status thereof on said display, and for inhibiting generation of said threat scenario when at least one of said sensors or said active elements is in an operational status indicative of reception of said electromagnetic emissions or actuation of said active elements.