An assessment of aircraft susceptibility under the support of data link

The NCW (Net Centric Warfare) is characterized by information sharing and information transmission. When the aircraft gets the information from friendly forces, it can obtain a better situation awareness and the survivability will be improved. Under this background, a method for assessing the aircraft susceptibility with the support of data link is proposed. First, the models respectively of LINK11 and LINK16 are built. The time delay reflecting the capability of the data link is obtained. Second, the active deception jamming model between the aircraft and the missile is built. At last, an example is simulated to illustrate the effect of the data link on the aircraft susceptibility. The results indicate that the shorter the time delay is, the longer the time will be left for the pilot and the jamming will be more effective. Regardless of the use of either data link, as compared with the case without data link, the advantage brought by data link is very obvious. By applying data link to the existing aircraft susceptibility model, the advantage of information sharing can be analyzed quantitatively, and the results can be applied to aircraft survivability design.