Aircraft Survivability Equipment

Aircraft Survivability Equipment Trainer (ASET) IV is an array of mobile threat simulators intended to create a realistic threat environment for use in training U.S. Army aviation crews to operate and survive in such an environment. A typical ASET IV scenario consists of a number of ground based threat emitters simulating various acquisitions and tracking radars and optical trakers. Also simulated are surface-to-air missiles and other air defense weapons. The vehicle simulators are all mounted on carriers that allow off-road movement. Control is maintained at the command, control, and communications (C3) vehicle. The various threat simulators within the ASET IV module currently consist of the following systems: two AAA's, two IR SAM's, and one RF SAM. The module can be expanded as future threat systems are characterized. The complement of simulators will be deployed on a training range in a formation that will create the desired environment for the friendly aircraft.