"The process of assimilating the F-35 fighters provides a unique opportunity to the State of Israel"
The Commander of IAF Nevatim Airbase spoke at the 2nd International Conference for Air Power: "Today's simulators enable us to fly in the real battlefield, make operational decisions and cope with mental dilemmas in the decision-making process"
Dan Arkin
| 04/05/2017
Photography: Gilad Kavalerchik
"Our mission today is to connect the IAF with the F-35 Adir aircraft, as this aircraft represents new concepts, a new network-centric approach, new stealth characteristics, new infrastructures, logistics and maintenance procedures and intensive use of simulators," said Brig. Gen. Eyal Grinboym, Commander of the IAF Nevatim Airbase, at this morning's opening lecture of the International Conference for Air Power held in Tel-Aviv, organized by Israel Defense and the Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies.
In his first-ever public address, the Commander of the Nevatim Airbase, the home base of the new Adir squadron, said that the new aircraft acquired by the IAF has a low signature, stealth characteristics, as well as data fusion and information analysis capabilities owing to the numerous on-board sensors and systems. "By the end of the year we will have seven Adir aircraft and eventually we will have a fleet of fifty aircraft," said the Commander of the Nevatim Airbase. He described the Adir aircraft as a single-seat, economical (fuel wise), network-centric fighter possessing independent intelligence gathering and strike capabilities. "Even the technicians of the Adir aircraft train primarily on the flight simulator, while a 50% share of the aircrew training activity will be done on the ground, using the simulator. The pilot in the cockpit is exposed to a massive amount of data and information, the information is processed and enables him to make decisions during the data fusion and analysis processes."
Brig. Gen. Grinboym told the hundreds of conference participants that the personnel established for the Adir squadron is made up of the very best. "For a whole year, we had them sit down and asked them to think – to devise independent operational concepts, to think about the future of air combat using a stealth fighter. At the squadron's home base in Nevatim we do a lot of brainstorming and planning regarding the pilot training stages and the knowledge preservation. Most of the training activities are carried out on the simulator, which provides the pilot with a nearly one-to-one picture." Brig. Gen. Grinboym concluded by saying that the process of assimilating the F-35 fighters at Nevatim Airbase is fascinating, challenging and groundbreaking, and provides a unique and exceptional opportunity to the State of Israel.
"The information in the cockpit is processed mainly in order to enable prompt decision-making. At this point, I switch from data fusion to data analysis. While the F-15 pilot had to fuse a lot of information injected to the cockpit and made accessible to him in order to form a battle picture, the fifth-generation aircraft produces that picture on its own, thereby enabling the pilot to make decisions rather than to deal with the process of fusing and analyzing the data. We had put together a founding team. We selected the best of the best from all of the fighter fleets and placed them for a whole year in one closed room so that they may think up and devise new concepts, and we are dealing with capabilities and needs based on the understanding that there is a unique opportunity here."
"We are dealing with the task of connecting the fourth generation with the fifth generation. It would have been easier to connect the Adir aircraft with the IAF, but the proper thing to do would be to take the IAF and connect it with the Adir aircraft, with the new network-centric, stealthy concept that applies to different operating spaces and ranges."
Member of Knesset Avi Dichter, Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, stressed in his address the fact that the real, tangible threat facing the State of Israel is Iran. For this reason, the IDF must prepare itself for the most extreme scenario, which could include the launching of long-range, accurate missiles into Israel. The IDF must develop defensive and offensive measures and a high-precision, lethal strike capability. According to MK Dichter, Khaled Mashal is preparing himself for running, in due course, for the office of Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. Regarding the Iranian nuclear threat, Dichter said that the Iranians are developing an impressive missile capability, while as far as the Iranian nuclear program is concerned, the ten years of the nuclear agreement are not years of rest.
Boaz Levi, Head of IAI's Missile & Space Systems Group, said at the conference: "One of our key elements is innovation. We invest massive efforts in innovation that would lead us to the future generations of technology. We engage in integrative, multiple-system activities. The resources we acquired enable us to take systems, put them together and make one plus one into more than two. The systems we make are massive and there is a reason for this change. We are at the outset of a new era and our clients want the new systems by tomorrow, if not by today. We need to make a number of revisions and adaptations. Our sales now involve mandatory offset procurement. The industries must cooperate in order to offer more capabilities. We must build tools promptly and efficiently. We all deal with mega-projects that require quality. What can we expect to see in the future? Highly accurate, robust, multi-service systems with artificial intelligence, data fusion, unmanned platforms and fewer stand-alone systems that depend on human crews."
The Commander of IAF Nevatim Airbase spoke at the 2nd International Conference for Air Power: "Today's simulators enable us to fly in the real battlefield, make operational decisions and cope with mental dilemmas in the decision-making process"
Photography: Gilad Kavalerchik
"Our mission today is to connect the IAF with the F-35 Adir aircraft, as this aircraft represents new concepts, a new network-centric approach, new stealth characteristics, new infrastructures, logistics and maintenance procedures and intensive use of simulators," said Brig. Gen. Eyal Grinboym, Commander of the IAF Nevatim Airbase, at this morning's opening lecture of the International Conference for Air Power held in Tel-Aviv, organized by Israel Defense and the Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies.
In his first-ever public address, the Commander of the Nevatim Airbase, the home base of the new Adir squadron, said that the new aircraft acquired by the IAF has a low signature, stealth characteristics, as well as data fusion and information analysis capabilities owing to the numerous on-board sensors and systems. "By the end of the year we will have seven Adir aircraft and eventually we will have a fleet of fifty aircraft," said the Commander of the Nevatim Airbase. He described the Adir aircraft as a single-seat, economical (fuel wise), network-centric fighter possessing independent intelligence gathering and strike capabilities. "Even the technicians of the Adir aircraft train primarily on the flight simulator, while a 50% share of the aircrew training activity will be done on the ground, using the simulator. The pilot in the cockpit is exposed to a massive amount of data and information, the information is processed and enables him to make decisions during the data fusion and analysis processes."
Brig. Gen. Grinboym told the hundreds of conference participants that the personnel established for the Adir squadron is made up of the very best. "For a whole year, we had them sit down and asked them to think – to devise independent operational concepts, to think about the future of air combat using a stealth fighter. At the squadron's home base in Nevatim we do a lot of brainstorming and planning regarding the pilot training stages and the knowledge preservation. Most of the training activities are carried out on the simulator, which provides the pilot with a nearly one-to-one picture." Brig. Gen. Grinboym concluded by saying that the process of assimilating the F-35 fighters at Nevatim Airbase is fascinating, challenging and groundbreaking, and provides a unique and exceptional opportunity to the State of Israel.
"The information in the cockpit is processed mainly in order to enable prompt decision-making. At this point, I switch from data fusion to data analysis. While the F-15 pilot had to fuse a lot of information injected to the cockpit and made accessible to him in order to form a battle picture, the fifth-generation aircraft produces that picture on its own, thereby enabling the pilot to make decisions rather than to deal with the process of fusing and analyzing the data. We had put together a founding team. We selected the best of the best from all of the fighter fleets and placed them for a whole year in one closed room so that they may think up and devise new concepts, and we are dealing with capabilities and needs based on the understanding that there is a unique opportunity here."
"We are dealing with the task of connecting the fourth generation with the fifth generation. It would have been easier to connect the Adir aircraft with the IAF, but the proper thing to do would be to take the IAF and connect it with the Adir aircraft, with the new network-centric, stealthy concept that applies to different operating spaces and ranges."
Member of Knesset Avi Dichter, Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, stressed in his address the fact that the real, tangible threat facing the State of Israel is Iran. For this reason, the IDF must prepare itself for the most extreme scenario, which could include the launching of long-range, accurate missiles into Israel. The IDF must develop defensive and offensive measures and a high-precision, lethal strike capability. According to MK Dichter, Khaled Mashal is preparing himself for running, in due course, for the office of Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. Regarding the Iranian nuclear threat, Dichter said that the Iranians are developing an impressive missile capability, while as far as the Iranian nuclear program is concerned, the ten years of the nuclear agreement are not years of rest.
Boaz Levi, Head of IAI's Missile & Space Systems Group, said at the conference: "One of our key elements is innovation. We invest massive efforts in innovation that would lead us to the future generations of technology. We engage in integrative, multiple-system activities. The resources we acquired enable us to take systems, put them together and make one plus one into more than two. The systems we make are massive and there is a reason for this change. We are at the outset of a new era and our clients want the new systems by tomorrow, if not by today. We need to make a number of revisions and adaptations. Our sales now involve mandatory offset procurement. The industries must cooperate in order to offer more capabilities. We must build tools promptly and efficiently. We all deal with mega-projects that require quality. What can we expect to see in the future? Highly accurate, robust, multi-service systems with artificial intelligence, data fusion, unmanned platforms and fewer stand-alone systems that depend on human crews."
