High Pressure Pure Air Generator

High Pressure Pure Air Generator (HiPPAG) is a type of Pure Air Generating System (PAGS).[2] HiPPAG is an integrated pure air compressor and filtration system, which continuously consumes atmospheric air during flight or on the ground, and then provides high pressure pure air to cryogenically cool the infrared detector in missile systems. This results in unlimited mission duration by eliminating the need to refill or recharge gas bottles after each flight, a dangerous operation especially on an aircraft carrier flight deck.[1] It was first tested by the United States Navy in 1999.[3]

High Pressure Pure Air Generator (HiPPAG)
LAU-127 missile launcher with integrated HiPPAG
TypePure Air Generating System (PAGS)
Production history
ManufacturerUltra Electronics Precision Air & Land Systems
Marotta Controls, Inc.
VariantsHiPPAG 320
MPACT
Specifications
Mass8.6 kg (19 lb)[1]

For United States Navy and United States Marine Corps aviation, the Naval Air Systems Command is responsible for Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA) activities. Specifically, the Program Executive Office, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W)),[4] which reports to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), oversees Program PMA-201 for Precision Strike Weapons,[5] which includes RDA activities for aircraft armament equipment, including missile launchers.[6][7]

Footnotes
  1. "Aircraft weapon systems" (PDF). Ultra Electronics. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. "MPACT High Pressure Pure Air Generating System". Marotta Controls, Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. "AF/A-18E/F Air Vehicle team successfully demonstrates HiPPAG". Commander, Naval Air Systems Command. 1 November 1999. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. "Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Weapons". Naval Air Systems Command. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. "Precision Strike Weapons Program". Naval Air Systems Command. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. "Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Estimates" (pdf). Department of the Navy. February 2020. p. 132. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  7. "AAE/FC". Naval Air Systems Command. Retrieved 7 November 2020.


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