System integration

An apparatus for generating, in an aircraft in flight, a feasibility display indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft successfully engaging a target and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target successfully engaging the aircraft, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more first processors remote from the aircraft and configured to process a provided generic test algorithm specifying a set of multiple possible tests for testing feasibility data so as to determine configuration data for configuring the generic test algorithm to specify one or more particular tests from the set of multiple possible tests, the feasibility data being indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft successfully engaging a target and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target successfully engaging the aircraft;
• an uploader configured to upload the configuration data determined by the one or more first processors to one or more second processors;
• and
• one or more second processors located on the aircraft and configured to:
• configure the same generic test algorithm using the uploaded configuration data, thereby to determine, on the aircraft, the one or more particular tests;
• modify feasibility data provided on the aircraft to satisfy the one or more particular tests, thereby generating modified feasibility data;
• and
• generate the feasibility display using the modified feasibility data,
• wherein the aircraft further comprises a plurality of sensors and the one or more second processors located on the aircraft use data from at least one of the plurality of sensors to determine a current launch condition that is used to select, from the configuration data, particular configuration data.

An aircraft comprising:

• a receiving module configured to receive configuration data uploaded to the aircraft, the configuration data configuring a generic test algorithm, the generic test algorithm specifying a set of multiple possible tests for testing feasibility data, the configuration data for configuring the generic test algorithm to specify one or more particular tests from the set of multiple possible tests, the feasibility data being indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft successfully engaging a target and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target successfully engaging the aircraft;
• one or more processors configured to:
• configure the same generic test algorithm using the uploaded configuration data, thereby to determine, on the aircraft, the one or more particular tests;
• and
• modify feasibility data provided on the aircraft to satisfy the one or more particular tests, thereby generating modified feasibility data;
• and
• a generator configured to generate a feasibility display using the modified feasibility data, the feasibility display being indicative of the feasibility of a weapon carried on the aircraft successfully engaging a target and/or the feasibility of a weapon carried on the target successfully engaging the aircraft,
• wherein the aircraft further comprises a plurality of sensors and the determination of the one or more particular tests on the aircraft relies on data from at least one of the plurality of sensors to determine a current launch condition or conditions.