RadicalDude
Social Justice Warlord
Depends which version you use. There is unclassified JMPS--we had it at VT-86. But the JMPS we use in Lemoore is for sure Classified.I am in staff hell right now, but isn't JMPS classified?
Depends which version you use. There is unclassified JMPS--we had it at VT-86. But the JMPS we use in Lemoore is for sure Classified.I am in staff hell right now, but isn't JMPS classified?
The problem is that it transmits 3G/WiFi (model dependent). There's going to have to be a way to disable the way it talks to the outside world to make it a legit device for handling classified info. I'm afraid the "airplane mode" ain't gonna cut it.Slap a red sticker on it - boom, secret?
Slap a red sticker on it - boom, secret?
USB mini-GPS receiver? Wifi can probably be disabled by opening the case and clipping/disconnecting the wireless antenna, same for the microphoneIf you classify the IPAD, then you'd have to diable the Wifi and 3G/LTE capability. There goes you moving map functionality....
If nothing else, then get the pubs on CD on the boat. We would save a shit-ton of money, waste and asspain by moving to these. I'm trying to look up the IFC right now as I would love to use an iPad in flight (officially of course). Throw out a contract request, or just a polite question to Otterbox about making a case with an NVG screen and I'm sure they would jump on it. (and we would already be 20 years ahead of anything PMA decides to try and develop.)
If you could get the iPad to work with JMPS, that'd be best, since that's the way the wind is blowing. Plus, JMPS DAFIF is already updated, it would just have to be pushed to the iPad.
Some aircraft having moving maps. My aircraft has a moving map in the sense that if I open a map in the cockpit, then it's moving along with the aircraft.Moving map nav and charts sounds sweet, but I can't imagine NAVAIR ever authorizing it for that. Your aircraft have systems for that already, tested and proven by NAVAIR.
How do you get the maps on the device? I want to try it out.In January NGA released an IPAD app called PHAERO which runs all the FLIPS. As most of you know when the squadron receives 20 boxes of FLIPS it also receives the electronic versions as well. A CD a came with our FLIPS that has the new app on it along with all the flight pubs needed included GP and AP as well. I downloaded it to my IPAD and tried it out on our last CCX to AUTEC. It's awesome. Very user friendly and one stop shop for everything.
How do you get the maps on the device? I want to try it out.
Concur. I highly doubt navair would authorize it for actual nav purposes.I'm not suggesting every platform has a moving map, just that they have a Nav system. I think the general debate here comes down to what would be nice to have vs. what NAVAIR is likely to authorize. It would be great if we all had a relatively inexpensive gucci moving map display that can do all the things the iPad can do. That said, I don't think NAVAIR is going to approve untested COTS navigation apps for you to fixate on in your cockpit while you shoot a quasi-GPS approach while ignoring your primary NAV source. If I can't legally shoot a GPS approach with my NAVAIR approved and tested EGI-based system becaue of some little detail like "integrity monitoring," then I can't imagine NAVAIR wants aircrew to be staring at the little moving dot on their iPad approach plates instead of referencing your HSI and DME.
Call me old fashioned, but I can't imagine trying to find your way on a high chart by scrolling around on an iPad. Doing proper route study (even for a XC airnav) means you don't have to use the search function to find a fix. More often than not, I want to be able to spread my high chart out to get a big picture perspective. I don't imagine one can do that on the iPad.
That's why god made PQMs.Yeah, about that. I don't currently have a PUBSO. Does it go through the iTunes on your computer? I guess I've never loaded an app in any other way than the app store. I'll have to steal a CD from someone. As an aside, I can see a 45 minute transfer time being a real PITA if you have a bunch of iPads.