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The following Engineered Solutions briefs provide details for some of the more interesting and challenging applications that Chassis Plans has solved. Click on the heading or photo for additional details.
Flight Test
Current generation military aircraft, and especially 4th– and 5th-Generation front line fighters such as the F22 are highly dependent on multiple onboard computer systems for flight dynamics and engine control as well as communications, radar and weapons systems. These aircraft are essentially complex computer systems with wings. Interfacing with the multiple on-board processors and systems and managing data flow requires state-of-the-art rugged ground-based maintenance systems. |
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Submarine LCD/Keyboard
The US Navy requested a custom LCD display and keyboard
for use in officer’s staterooms aboard submarines.
The staterooms provide a built-in desk with a fold-down
writing surface and a secure network connection. The
Navy wanted a unit that fit in the desk when open, was of
minimal weight, had the ergonomics of a laptop, and contained
no electronics that could be used to capture data
from the secure network. Video input is provided as analog
VGA but the keyboard and mouse interface via an
Icron extender board. |
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Long Island Railroad Audio/Visual Paging Systems
Long Island Railroad wanted to upgrade over 100 computer
based Audio/Visual Paging systems. These systems
provide rider information in the stations for train arrival
times and other information of a critical nature. The
upgrade was required in part by the TSA for rider safety
in the event of a terrorist attack or other disaster. |
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Force Protection Display
Situational awareness, the ability to see and to know
where the enemy is and what they are doing, is critical
to war fighter safety and survival. All well and
good for static surveillance but providing the same
information to mobile units significantly improves
their effectiveness and survivability.
The Force Protection Display was designed as a
tethered ultra-rugged portable LCD display to be
used in Humvees, Bradleys, and similar vehicles to
provide situational information either inside the vehicle
or to be carried outside as the mission requires. |
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L3 JRE-DLT Terminal Server
Joint-Range Extension is a hardware and software
system that receives information transmitted on a tactical
data link in a particular area of operations and
forwards that information to another tactical data link
terminal beyond the line of sight.
JRE-DLT is a Data Link Translator terminal operating
in the JRE theater providing multiple protocol translation
and forwarding. The JRE-DLT is housed in a 7U
transit case for field deployment in combat conditions. |
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Well Logging
Well logging is the practice of making a detailed record of the geologic formations penetrated by a well borehole, typically oil or gas. This is typically accomplished using an instrumented Wireline truck which travels to a well site on an occasional basis. The roads are typically rough unimproved dirt tracks or, in arctic areas, very rough ice roads. Ambient temperatures range from very high (Middle East) to very low (Arctic).
Chassis Plans provided Schlumberger a system that exactly met their application and environmental requirements. |
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