Mission Data Recorder

General Dynamics Canada developed the Mission Data Recorder (MDR) for the 17 aircraft of the NATO AWACS fleet. The MDR is a revolutionary concept in that it takes all the mission data and the audio communications of the aircraft, time tags it, records it, allows selectable simultaneous replay and record, for an entire eight-hour mission The time can be extended by simply changing the storage modules in flight. General Dynamics Canada is now offering variations of this MDR for applications such as maritime patrol aircraft, surveillance aircraft, command and control aircraft and other military, paramilitary and civilian functions.

Technical Information

Inputs

• Individual situation display console screens and data
• Radar data
• Individual sonobuoy channel data
• IFF data
• ESM data
• UHF radio communications (red and black)
• SATTCOM communications (red and black)
• VHF radio communications (red and black)
• HF radio communications (red and black)
• C3 communications nets (red and black)
• Aircraft intercom voice

Memory Size

• Two 146G Gigabyte Removable Media Assemblies

Interfaces

• 2 Fiber Distribution Data Interface (FDDI-II), data rate 1.28 MB/sec average
• 2 Gigabit Ethernet Interface, data rate 1MB/Sec average
• RS 232, for local control
• Expandable for other interface standards, such as 1553, T1, ATM, Firewire 1394. etc.

Control

• Local, via laptop PC
• Remote, via control messages on the Gigabit Ethernet Interface

  Other Features

• All data time tagged
• Selectable channel, simultaneous playback and record from any Situation Display Console
• Post mission analysis facilitation
• Compact size (19" rack mounted)
• Low weight (80 lbs.)
• Built in Test
• Single-Event Upset protected
• Emergency data overwrite
• VME based electronics
• Convection Cooled
• Low Power Consumption (< 500W)
• Aircraft Power Supply (3-Phase 400Hz)
• 650MHz Sparc II-e CPU running Solaris 2.9