"F-22 or the Su-37A"
Link:
www.denyignorance.com...
Quoted by seekerof 29-9-2003 at 09:34 AM Post Number: 194260:
"As with the Su-37 having TVC, so will the F-22. Difference? The F-22's TVC is controlled by a supercomputer, and the F-22's high thrust to
weight ratio (1.5-20), and the reduce of drag propel's the aircraft with great agility. The F-22 just doesn't rely solely on it's TVC to give it
outstanding agility. Also keep in mind that the F-22's going to have better TVC controls than the Su-37....why? The F-22's TVC is controlled by a
supercomputer, compared to that of the Su-37 with it's AL-37FU turbofans which is controlled by it's hydraulics system, and the MKIs AL-31FP are
controlled by it's fuel system.
Further more, the F-22 has more then 1 main CPU (CIP) capable of more then 10.5 BILLION ops per second while the Su-3x's, that are 'just' coming
off the assembly line, are being called technologically advanced and only having 486 class CPUs capable of only around 50 Thousand ops per second
(50MIP's--for chrimmy's sake, the Nintendo GameBoy Advanced rivals a Sukhoi's at computing power). Thats almost more then a 20 years
difference in computing technology IMHO. Also, the US NAVY's F/A-18C's, are shipped with 100+Mhz PowerPC CPU's (CIP's).... and last but not
least, the F-22 has Phase Array Radar while the Su-3x's have, you guessed it, standard analog radar. This results in the F-22 being the only TRUE
sensor-fused system, all of the avionic's and aircraft operations are run through the same 3 computers, and compiled into one picture."
"Sanders Delivers First F-22 EW System to the Avionics Integration Laboratory"
Link:
www.iews.na.baesystems.com...
"Simulator Sharpens Raptor's Claws"
Link:
www.us.net...
"The F-22 Common Integrated Processor is the first fully integrated avionics processing system."
Link:
www.raytheon.com...
"F-22 Raptor: Common Integrated Processor"
Link:
[url]http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:85fCnWNtz1IJ:www.edwards.af.mil/articles98/docs_html/splash/apr98/cover/CIP.htm+F-22+CIP&hl=en&ie=UTF-8[/url
]
Since the last link on the last article didn't work in the above mentioned topic where this information was originally posted, I will put it here:
""The Hughes-built Common Integrated Processor (CIP) is the 'brain' of the integrated avionics system – a system which has some unusual
characteristics.
For instance, the F-22 has no radios, no navigation gear like TACAN or global positioning system or instrument landing system and no radar, in the
traditional sense.
Rather than radar, the CIP, which is about the size of a oversized bread box, supports all signal and data processing for all sensors and mission
avionics.
Reprogramming ability
The CIP modules have the ability to emulate any of the electronic functions through automatic reprogramming. For example, if the CIP module that is
acting as radio dies, one of the other modules will automatically reload the radio program and take over the radio function.
This approach to avionics makes the equipment extremely tolerant to combat damage as well as flexible from a design upgrade point of view.
The aircraft's avionics architecture remains flexible to accept future upgrades without having to design and retrofit new hardware to the fighter.
Expandability
There are two CIPs in each F-22, with 66 module slots per CIP. They have identical backplanes and all of the F-22's processing requirements can be
handled by only seven different types of processors. Currently, 19 of 66 slots in CIP 1 and 22 of 66 slots in CIP are open and available for
expansion.
Each module is limited by design to only 75 percent of its capability, so the F-22 has 30 percent growth capability with no change to the existing
equipment. There is space, power and cooling provisions in the aircraft now for a third CIP, so the requirement for a 200 percent avionics growth
capability in the F-22 can be easily met.
There is coordinated plan for technology growth that will help keep the CIP at state-of-the-art levels. As electronics continue to get smaller and
more powerful, it is conceivable that there could be 300 percent increase in avionics capability."
regards
seekerof


