Synthesis and test issues for future aircraft inertial systemsintegration

A survey is presented of the potential benefits, possible pitfalls, and anticipated testing needs of integrating inertial guidance systems with systems dependent on the availability of the electromagnetic spectrum. Commonly referred to as integrated communications, navigation, and identification avionics (ICNIA), these systems of the future offer the combined potential for superb positioning and secure communications. The general characteristics (if current development trends continue) of the next-generation inertial navigation systems (INS) are briefly presented, followed by key modular and conceptual issues in the synthesis of this INS with systems dependent on the EM spectrum. Modular issues as considered here are those related to detailed implementation and resulting efficiency. Conceptual issues are those related to overall military strategy and resulting effectiveness. An example of modular systems integration is given, and a few preparations which can be anticipated for the field testing of integrated systems are presented, followed by concluding comments     

Modular ICNIA Packaging Technology

Significant size, weight, power and reliability improvements can be achieved in next generation avionics by the modular integration of similar functions into a fault tolerant reconfigurable architecture. The Integrated Communication Navigation Identification Avionics program (ICNIA), and ITT/TI Joint Venture, is accomplishing this task with a combination of modular circuit designs using VHSIC technology, improved packaging designs incorporating surface mount component technology and a modular two-level maintenance support concept for reduced life cycle cost. This article will concentrate on the modular packaging technology of the digital processor subsystem.     

Expert System Applications to the Cockpit of the '90s

There is a strong requirement for a new generation of avionics systems with a more integrated hardware and software structure. This integrated avionics system will use significant increases in computer automation with more innovative signal processing, sensor fusion and expert system software to reduce pilot workload, while improving total system performance and reliability. Expert system software packages will be implemented within the core architecture of these next generation integrated avionics systems to assist the pilot. The expert systems will consider the pertinent information available from the ``sensor' subsystems to assess the current situation. The expert systems then consult their knowledge base and rule base software structures to determine alternative reactions to the perceived situation. Then pending upon the critical of the function, situation and reaction, the expert system could either execute the most favorable reaction or display the suggested alternative courses of action to the pilot. This paper addresses the requirement, the enabling technologies and the potential structure of this next generation of avionics. It concludes with two examples of the potential of future avionics expert systems. The two examples are 1) A Navigation and Route Planning Expert and 2) A Threat Assessment and Threat Reaction Expert. Significant things are happening in technology at an accelerating pace that enable the development of this new generation of avionics.     

Open systems avionics network to replace MIL-STD-1553

This paper is a proposal for a future method of avionics data communication. The need for this proposal results from the shortcomings in the current avionics architecture, video distribution network, and in the MIL-STD-1553 data communication system. The separately wired video and data communication systems can be combined to save weight, which is especially critical for rotorcraft. Aircraft, once fielded, have limited capacity for modification and improvement due to fixed computer throughput and processing performance, network bandwidth, and space available in the avionics equipment bays. The changes proposed by this paper are to be made in conjunction with the replacement of the redundant computer boxes with open system avionics functions on industry standard circuit cards. This open architecture approach was developed over the last ten years and is now being implemented in many aircraft applications including the F-22 and the RAH-66 programs. The V-22 rotorcraft, which although just entering production, is being modified for joint service customers where modern computer performance and expanded data network bandwidth is needed. The changes of this proposal will fill this need, reduce the weight of upcoming production models, and provide growth or spare capability so that additional video and data components can be added with minimal effect on existing components. This paper examines the current V-22 avionics video and data communication hardware and wiring and propose a new implementation of open system architecture standards with integrated digital video and data communication based on ANSI standard copper fibre channel     

基于GSM技术的AICPS故障管理与容错机制的研究

给出了机载综合核心处理系统AICPS的软件结构和组成,采用基于TLS三层栈的先进的航电系统结构,其通用系统管理GSM分为健康监控、故障管理和配置管理三个软件功能模块,以及飞机级、综合区级、资源元素级共三级.基于GSM和运行蓝图,论述了AlCPS的故障管理技术和容错重构机制,重对故障处理的过程如故障检测、故障诊断、故障处理和配置管理进行了讨论.由于航空电子系统高安全、高可靠性等特点,作为提高可靠性的手段之一,研究故障管理与容错重构非常必要.     

Integrated Avionics: Past, Present and Future [Society News & Information]

With the advent of integrated avionics in defense and commercial systems in the late 1980s, AESS began to recognize the importance of providing a technical and management sounding board for this emerging technology domain. The panel undertook a series of special studies of interest to the general avionics community. The first study was an assessment of the Air Force's modular avionics systems architecture (MASA) program     

1553 emulation over ATM (asynchronous transfer mode)-a hybridavionics communications architecture

The issue of meeting the higher communications requirements of future aircraft avionics systems in an incremental manner is addressed. A communications architecture is proposed which is based upon a switched network technology from the telecommunications area asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). However, the major step of migrating all existing avionics equipment into an ATM compliant form is avoided by the process of “emulating” a current avionics data bus such as MIL-STD-1553B over an ATM network. This allows current 1553 subsystems to co-exist with ATM compliant equipment on a single physical ATM network     

新一代航空电子总线系统结构研究

航空电子总线系统结构是航空电子系统的神经中枢,直接决定着航空电子综合化程度的高低和性能的优劣。本文通过对航空电子数据总线结构现状和发展要求的分析,提出了新一代航空电子总线系统的设计原则和体系结构,并论述了其核心技术综合模块化航空电子系统的通用模块和综合核心处理机的组成。     

民用飞机综合模块化航电系统分区和资源分配的研究

对比航电传统系统架构,分析了综合模块化航电系统(Integrated Modular Avionics,简称IMA)架构的优点;针对IMA系统功能的高集成度带来的资源分配难度和安全性要求,提出了IMA系统分区和资源分配策略,并给出了具体方法,对民用飞机IMA系统设计具有一定的指导意义和实用价值。     

航空电子系统核心处理平台架构发展研究

历数航电核心处理平台架构当前面临的问题,总结演进历史,针对新式场景需求,同时结合领域技 术发展趋势,梳理相关架构标准规范,论述了未来航电架构发展的关键特征,提出了支撑新一代航电系统核心 处理平台架构的关键技术,为其后续发展方向与实施计划提供指导思路。     

An innovative commercial avionics architecture for militarytanker/transport platforms

Honeywell has implemented a versatile integrated avionics (VIA) architecture in several advanced commercial flight deck applications ensuring a military tie to future commercial upgrades related to global air traffic management functions. The VIA architecture can also be easily extended to meet unique military requirements of the advanced military flight decks for military tanker/transport upgrade programs. The subtle changes in the architecture are a result of unique equipment interfaces and unique military equipment such as communications radios, identification friend or foe, station keeping equipment and defensive systems which must be integrated within the architecture. The ability to integrate both commercial and military functions in the same high integrity computing platform truly offers the military the best of both worlds     

先进航空信息处理机介绍

介绍了航电综合化发展阶段及当前阶段的主要任务,以F-22CIP为蓝本分析了航空综合信息处理机的硬件、软件结构和组成,以及处理机数据通信机理。     

航空电子核心处理机实现技术研究

航空电子核心处理机已经成为新一代航电的核心，采用了综合化的设计思想，其设计的复杂性远远超过了联合式核心处理机。提出了一种综合化航空电子核心处理机的硬件实现技术，提出了一种微内核体系结构来实现强分区实时系统，并且支持微内核上操作系统的灵活移植。     

Performability analysis of avionics system with multilayer HM/FM using stochastic Petri nets

The integrated modular avionics (IMA) architecture is an open standard in avionics industry, in which the number of functionalities implemented by software is greater than ever before. In the IMA architecture, the reliability of the avionics system is highly affected by the software applications. In order to enhance the fault tolerance feature with regard to software application failures, many industrial standards propose a layered health monitoring/fault management (HM/FM) scheme to periodically check the health status of software application processes and recover the malfunctioning software process whenever an error is located. In this paper, we make an analytical study of the HM/FM system for avionics application software. We use the stochastic Petri nets (SPN) to build a formal model of each component and present a method to combine the components together to form a complete system model with respect to three interlayer query strategies. We further investigate the effectiveness of these strategies in an illustrative system.     

某型教练机嵌入式训练系统顶层设计技术研究

本文通过对该型教练机现有航空电子系统构型、驾驶员操作程序、接口控制文件深入研究,结合未来功能扩展需求,给出了合理的系统构型分析、功能分配、数据流规划、原相关系统软件改动分析,在此基础上还设计出了嵌入式训练系统技术方案.依据方案研制的嵌入式训练系统原理样机通过系统动态试验、航电系统地面综合试验和飞机地面通电试验,证明系统...     

综合化航空电子系统可信软件技术

航空电子系统要求航空任务的执行具有确定性、可预测和可控性。深入分析综合化航空电子系统软件安全性、可靠性、完整性和实时性需求,提出了综合化航空电子系统软件可信性的定义。首次将可信计算引入到综合化航空电子系统中,建立综合化航空电子系统可信软件体系结构,在此基础上,提出软件可信运行环境构建方法和可靠性增强技术。这些技术能够保障综合化航空电子系统的可预测性,对保证飞机任务的执行及其安全具有重要的作用,为研制适合于中国大飞机的综合化航空电子系统可信软件奠定基础。     

Switched Ethernet testing for avionics applications

Switched Ethernet is being implemented as an avionics communication architecture. A commercial standard (ARINC-664) and an aircraft vendor-specific implementation known as avionics full duplex switched Ethernet (AFDX) have been developed that defines the topology and use of switched Ethernet in an avionics application. In avionics applications, the movement of data between devices must take place in a deterministic fashion and must be delivered reliably. All aircraft flight hardware must be tested to be sure that it will communicate information properly in the switched Ethernet network. The airframe manufacture must test the integrated network to verify that all flight hardware is communicating properly. Testing and maintenance testing is required to perform data communication level testing of switched Ethernet architectures for avionics applications to insure that all communication is deterministic and reliable. This paper provides an overview of a switched Ethernet avionics network and identifies the testing challenges associated with a switched Ethernet avionics application. A practical implementation performing the required tests is discussed.     

综合模块化航空电子核心系统技术研究

介绍了一种综合模块化航空电子核心系统.在系统应用需求及技术特征的分析基础上,提出了一种通用的开放式体系结构模型,并对系统的关键技术进行深入研究探讨,包括系统管理、网络通信、时间同步、容错策略等,最后给出系统设计方案的建议.系统具有可重构性、可重用性、可扩展性和健壮性,可满足先进飞机航空电子系统的应用要求,并为未来新型分布式综合模块化航空电子系统的研究与设计提供技术支持.     

综合模块化航空电子系统软件体系结构综述

作为降低系统生命周期费用（LCC）、控制软件复杂性、提高软件复用程度的重要手段之一,软件体系结构已成为航空计算领域的一个主要研究方向。阐述了综合模块化航空电子（IMA）的理念,分析了推动IMA产生和发展的主要因素。总结了ARINC 653,ASAAC,GOA以及F-22通用综合处理机（CIP）上的软件体系结构研究成果,并讨论了IMA软件体系结构需要解决的若干问题及其发展趋势。在此基础上,对中国综合航电软件体系结构研究提出了一些见解。