To provide justification for equipping a fleet of aircraft with avionics capable of supporting trajectory-based operations, significant flight testing must be accomplished. However, equipping aircraft with these avionics and enabling technologies to communicate the clearances required for trajectory-based operations is cost-challenging using conventional avionics approaches. This paper describes an approach to minimize the costs and risks of flight testing these technologies in-situ, discusses the test-bed platform developed, and highlights results from a proof-of-concept flight test campaign that demonstrates the feasibility and efficiency of this approach.
Design and Development of a Rapid Research, Design, and Development Platform for In-Situ Testing of Tools and Concepts for Trajectory-Based Operations
2017
15 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aircraft , Avionics , Computerized simulation , Design analysis , Flight management systems , Flight tests , In situ resource utilization , Operating costs , Proving , Test stands , Trajectories , Aircraft design , Flight control , Risk management , Safety factors
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