Systems and Basic Technology

Last Updated: Mon Jan 27 11:18:09 UTC 2014

Norden APG-76 MMRS SAR/GMTI multimode attack radar installation and GMTI imagery of taxiing aircraft at 40 NMI (Northrop-Grumman).

Air power is inherently sensitive to the technology base which is employed and exhibits a remarkably rapid rate of evolution, as systems absorb basic technology in the marketplace.

This website will post a selection of relevant articles, submissions and papers.

Systems and Basic Technology Topics
Basic Networking, Sensor and Computing Technology Topics
Historical Basic Technology Topics
Aircraft Analyses and Pilot Reports
Submissions

Systems and Basic Technology Topics

Bill Sweetman	Defence Technology International	Feb 2009	Fighters In The Long War [PDF]
Peter Goon	AFTS Pty Ltd	1998	A MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS AND ROLES OF TEST AND EVALUATION (T&E) IN THE LIFE CYCLE PROCESS + Chart
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Oct 2012	UGV Futures – how soon, how much?
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Dec 2011	New technologies impacting maritime warfare
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Sep 2011	Exoskeletons for warriors of the future
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2011	COTS – revolution, evolution or devolution?
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2011	Impact of exponential growth laws in military systems
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2011	‘Cloud’ computing in simulation
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2011	3D technology in simulation
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Dec 2010	Air Independent Propulsion - Now a Necessity
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2010	Evolving Weapons and Sensors for Rotary Wing Platforms
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jun 2010	New Rotary Wing Technologies
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	Jul 2008	Phazotron Zhuk AE/ASE: Assessing Russia's First AESA
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	Apr 2008	Flanker Radars in Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	Apr 2008	NNIIRT 1L119 Nebo SVU/Nebo M VHF AESA Radar
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	May 2009	NKMZ 40V6M/40V6MD Universal Mobile Mast
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jan 2008	The Technology of Improvised Explosive Devices [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Sep 2009	Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Dec 2003	Simulation - Digital Battlefields [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jun 2003	B-52H Engine Upgrade Recommendation
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 2003	Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicles
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jun 2002	Active Electronically Steered Arrays - A Maturing Technology
Carlo Kopp	Air Power International	Feb 2000	Stealth in Strike Warfare
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	1999	Deedle, Deedle, Deedle, BANG! The Paradigm Shift in Air Superiority
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	1999	Measures of Fighter Capability Parts 1 - 3
Carlo Kopp	Asia/Pacific Open Systems Review	Mar 1998	Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display Technology
Carlo Kopp	Systems Journal	Feb 1999	Light Emitting Polymer and Field Emission Displays
Carlo Kopp	Systems Journal	Nov 1998	Computing - Military Style
Carlo Kopp	Systems Journal	Nov 1999	Flying High with VME
Carlo Kopp	Air Power International	Aug 1998	Helmet Mounted Sights and Displays
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jun 1997	SAR/GMTI - Revolution in Bombing Technology
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jul 1994	Fighter Upgrades Parts 1, 2
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Nov 1989	Optical Warfare - The New Frontier
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	May 1986	Mid Life Refits - The Affordable Option
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jan-Mar 1986	Computer Technology I, II
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 1984	Electro-Optical Systems
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 1983	Stealth Technology
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Sep 1982	Integrated Flight and Fire Control (IFFC Firefly)
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jun 1981	Artificial Stability & Fly-By-Wire Control
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 1981	The Modern Fighter Cockpit
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Dec 1980	Composites

Basic Networking, Sensor and Computing Technology Topics

Historical Basic Technology Topics

Aircraft Analyses and Pilot Reports

Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Aug 2000	Eurofighter Typhoon - Demon or Lemon?
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jul 1997	BAC TSR.2 Profile/Analysis
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Dec 1990	Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	May 1990	Fulcrum and Flanker
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 1990	Northrop B-2A - The 70 Billion Dollar Bomber?
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Nov 1987	Tupolev Bear
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Nov 1986 / Mar 1987	The Long Range Penetrator (Parts I, II, III)
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Mar 1985	F-15E - Anatomy of Strike Fighter
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Sep 1984	McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - The Ultimate MiG-Killer - F-15C Image Gallery

Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	May 2001	Flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Apr 1999	AH-64D Apache Longbow Flight Report
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Dec 1991	Flying the Pilatus PC-9/A (Mirror@FTA)
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Nov 1991	RAAF Flight Training / The Parrot - Flying the CT4
Carlo Kopp	Air Power International	May 1999	Driving the Pig Simulator
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Jun 1992	Aerobatics - Spinning

Submissions

Carlo Kopp	US Air Force 2025 Study	Oct 1995	CS-X and CVS-X Low Observable Tactical Transports
Carlo Kopp	US Air Force 2025 Study	Oct 1995	RFX - A Near Term Stealth Strike Recce Fighter + Colour Diagram
Carlo Kopp	US Air Force 2025 Study	Oct 1995	Microwave Seismic Sensors

This Stealth Fighter proposal was produced by Carlo Kopp in 1982 (then an electrical engineering undergraduate at the University of Western Australia), based on fundamental electromagnetic scattering. It correctly exploits blending, split wingtip drag rudders, dorsal recessed inlets, blended cockpit and delta planform all of which are third generation stealth features used in the B-2. Were Northrop to have used fly-by-wire in their XST (Have Blue) bid, the aircraft would have been similar in layout to this proposal. Artwork prepared by Mark Kopp.

The EMW Wasserfall W-10 Surface to Air Missile narrowly missed out on operational use. It would have had a devastating impact on the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive in 1944-45.