Flight profile recorder

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The flight profile recorder (FPR) is an air combat training system from Diehl Aerosystems , which is used for combat aircraft. The system uses the satellites of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System ( GPS ) to determine the position in the airspace and records it.

If the flight profile recorder is used during a training flight, all flight maneuvers performed by a combat aircraft during the training flight are recorded by an FPR pod. The FPR pod is an electronic component that is roughly shaped like an air-to-air missile and is attached to the wing of the jet. With this instrument the crews have e.g. B. the possibility to simulate the use of different weapons and types of ammunition . Following a training mission, data carriers are inserted from the FPR pod in a docking station on the floor and read out. The data collected from the various participating fighter aircraft during a training mission can now be displayed in three dimensions on a digital map of the area flown over. The data z. B. consisting of altitude, speed, position, time and identity data can now be used to debrief the flown maneuvers. The respective trained maneuver can be analyzed and illustrated using different perspectives. Possible improvement possibilities can be shown and discussed.

The air combat training system with the flight profile recorder has established itself throughout Europe at NATO level since 2000 . In the German Air Force, the system was first introduced as a pilot project in the Tactical Air Force Wing 71 “Richthofen” (TaktLwG 71 “R”) and used to train pilots in the art of aerial combat. A short time later, all other tactical air force squadrons followed.

The federal government has issued an export license for the flight profile recorder as a military asset. It is allowed to export to Belgium, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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  1. ↑ Sales "declining as expected" Article by Christian Dewitz on bundeswehr-journal.de. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Drucksache 18/13278 Answer of the Federal Government to the minor question from MPs Jan van Aken, Christine Buchholz, Annette Groth, other MPs and the DIE LINKE parliamentary group. Retrieved September 3, 2019 (pdf)