Overview of Integrated Vehicle Management System

Under the modern high-tech condition, the demand of air combat has been stricter on the combat performance and the integration of fighter, which impels the application of integrated vehicle management technology and makes it become the core technology of the advanced fighter about the mission management and vehicle management. From an overview of tactical flight management system's technical background and the state of development, this paper systematically introduces the issues, including the development process & history, architecture framework of the integrated vehicle management system (IVMS) which divided into perception layers, decision layer and execution layer, and function system architecture and software system architecture. Through a comprehensive analysis for the functions of each level, comprehensively expounds the basic function and key technology of IVMS which included situation awareness and assessment, mission path planning, integrated navigation, automatic attack guidance, health management and prognostic and intelligent pilot-vehicle interface, and the future development directions are also discussed.