The United States Air Force (USAF) has over 24,000 aircraft which include over 47,000 turbine engines. The aircraft systems are expensive and must be routinely modernized or upgraded to keep pace with threats, missions, and advancing technology. Each modern turbine engine includes controls and accessories which cost about 1/5 of the total cost of an engine. The main component of controls and accessories are the Full Authority Digital Engine Controls (FADECs). Currently, legacy FADEC systems are both unique and dedicated to their specific weapon system. Engine FADECs are built for three primary applications, military aviation, commercial aviation, and ground based power turbines. Today, each FADEC design is unique within its application class. Future goals are to establish a universal or common standard for engine controls and accessories which includes FADECs. This will significantly reduce the costs of both development and support across DOD platforms, costs which are currently extremely high.
Achieving AFRL Universal FADEC Vision With Open Architecture Addressing Capability and Obsolescence for Military and Commercial Applications (Preprint)
2006
49 pages
Report
No indication
English
Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Aircraft , Avionics , Off the shelf equipment , Standardization , Engines , Symposia , Turbine components , High level architecture , Weapon systems , Military applications , Interoperability , DMSMS(Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages) , Measured proaction , Universal systems , Component reports , Impact and cost of obsolescence
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