Kiowa Warrior Control and Display System Development for Task Force XXI

This paper describes the Kiowa Warrior Helicopter Control and Display System (CDS) Honeywell developed for use in the Task Force XXI Advanced Warfighting Experiment (TFXXI AWE). The TFXXI AWE is staged to demonstrate the capabilities of battlefield digitization. The Kiowa Warrior will be used in the experiment as part of an aviation brigade. Digitization functionality will be required on the Kiowa Warrior, but supplying this capability in an add on manner via Appliqué will not be feasible due to the real-time constraints of the system and the requirement to keep the user interface consistent with current Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Since the embedded processing capability was deemed adequate, and digital map and Improved Data Modem capability will be resident in the current CDS, the Kiowa Warrior Program office opted to have Honeywell provide the digitization functionality within the Kiowa Warrior CDS as apposed to adding the Appliqué.