Aircraft systems are becoming more interactive and more sophisticated for a number of technology and performance reasons. In addition, avionics technology, while bringing the benefits of improved control by using digital computing and greatly increased integration by the adoption of digital data buses, is also bringing greater levels of complexity to the development process. The disciplines of avionics system development — including hardware and software integration — are now being applied to virtually every aircraft system. An overview of a typical life cycle for an aircraft or equipment is given and the various activities described.
The increasing level of system sophistication and the increased inter‐relation of systems is also making the development and requirements capture process more difficult. Safety and integrity analyses have to be undertaken to ensure that the system meets the necessary safety goals, and a variety of other trades studies and analytical activities have to be carried out.
These increasing strictures need to be met by following a set of rules and this chapter gives a brief overview of the regulations, development processes and analyses which are employed in the development of modern aircraft systems; particularly where avionics technology is also extensively employed.
This chapter acts as a tutorial in terms of giving examples of how the various design techniques and methods are applied. As the complexity and increasing inter‐relationship and reliance between aircraft systems has evolved it has become necessary to provide a comprehensive framework of documents for the designer of complex aircraft systems to navigate the development process.
Systems Development
Civil Avionics Systems ; 205-233
2013-08-27
29 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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