INS + GPS Progress | F/A-18C Operation Mountain Breeze

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31 May 2024

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, 

In a recent newsletter, we discuss the upcoming enhancements to the DCS: F-16C Viper’s navigation system. In order to provide more details of this complex system, we have prepared a GPS + INS Whitepaper. We look forward to your feedback. 

The upcoming DCS: F/A-18C Operation Mountain Breeze Campaign by Sandman Simulations will offer 15 immersive missions with comprehensive briefings and debriefings, told through voice actors. This campaign, as well as the F-16C navigation system enhancements will be in the next DCS Update. Stay tuned!

Thank you for your passion and support.

Yours sincerely, 

Eagle Dynamics

 

INS + GPS for F-16C

Development White Paper

The navigation system on the DCS: F-16C Viper is a complicated mixture of technical solutions that supplies the navigation avionics with coordinates, velocities, and angles that are characterized by precision, availability, integrity, and autonomy. This is achieved by the cooperative work of the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) whose navigation inputs are processed through a Kalman filter in the Modular Mission Computer (MMC). Let’s discuss each of the components in detail in the F-16C Viper GPS + INS Whitepaper. 

 

 

Operation Mountain Breeze

Campaign by Sandman Simulations

In the fall of 2015, the Syrian Civil War rages between the rebels and Syrian government forces. The involvement of several foreign powers, ISIS, and Hezbollah in the conflicts further escalates tensions. The USS Theodore Roosevelt’s Air Wing has been tasked to establish a no-fly zone over the western parts of Syria to prevent attacks on civilians.

This story-driven campaign places you in the boots of a junior, US Navy pilot of the VFA-131 Wildcats squadron. Your skills as an F/A-18C pilot will be tested across 15 challenging missions. You'll receive detailed mission briefings with charts and kneeboards that can be accessed both in-game and PDF briefing documents. Detailed briefings are provided by the squadron skipper and flight lead using “in-game” mission briefings. Performance-based feedback will be provided after each mission. Voice-overs narratives between missions enhance immersion and create a compelling and varied experience.

Prepare for intense dogfights, close air support, SEAD, and strike missions. The Skipper has high expectations for you! Hopefully, you can meet them. 

We trust you enjoyed the DCS: F-16C GPS + INS Whitepaper. Please stay tuned for next week’s DCS Update!

Thank you again for your passion and support, 

Yours sincerely,

 

[YoYo]

Ups. No pre order or any news about Kiowa?

Edited May 31, 2024 by YoYo

[BIGNEWY]

8 minutes ago, YoYo said:

Ups. No pre order or any news about Kiowa?

 

More news soon 

[t_hedlund]

For some reason, I thought that Kiowa wasn't going thru pre-order, and it was just going to be released. 

Edited May 31, 2024 by t_hedlund

[Tango3B]

I think it's great that you've recently started publishing a white paper on certain crucial systems. Thank you so much for that. Since you're currently working on the GPS+INS thing, what's the situation with the last part of your radar rework? Will we see an update this summer? You did a pretty solid job with part 2 of your radar rework, so I'm really looking forward to your third and final part. Have a nice weekend to the ED team...

[AdrianL]

16 minutes ago, t_hedlund said:

wasn't going thru pre=order, and it was just going to be released. 

Correct. And will be $69.99

 

[J-man]

Interestingly, the newsletter in Steam ends on a slightly different sentence:

"We trust you enjoyed the DCS: F-16C GPS + INS Whitepaper and that the new save mission functionality will meet your needs. Please stay tuned for next week’s DCS Update!"

What new "save mission functionality"? That is not mentioned anywhere in the newsletter...

[YoYo]

If it was announced on May 22 that the Kiowa release will be in 2 weeks, it means that there should be a patch plus KW on May 5, nearest Wednesday :).

(subject to change TM)

 

Edited June 1, 2024 by YoYo

[Silver_Dragon]

10 hours ago, J-man said:

Interestingly, the newsletter in Steam ends on a slightly different sentence:

"We trust you enjoyed the DCS: F-16C GPS + INS Whitepaper and that the new save mission functionality will meet your needs. Please stay tuned for next week’s DCS Update!"

What new "save mission functionality"? That is not mentioned anywhere in the newsletter...

"Save mission funtionality" was talked by ED from some years ago as planned... now has light on the end of the tunnel. On fact, appears on the Features 2024 Newsletter.

 

Edited June 1, 2024 by Silver_Dragon