Mission computer replacement prototype for Special Operations Forces aircraft: an application of commercial technology to avionics

Author

Lowery, Harold ; Mitchell, Brian

Author_Institution

Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Georgia, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

Attempts to improve the reliability and maintainability of Special Operations Forces (SOF) fixed wing aircraft avionics by developing the mission computer replacement prototype (MCRP), are described. The purpose of the MCRP is to design, build, and demonstrate a replacement mission computer that is applicable across SOF aircraft. Our goal is to develop an open architecture mission computer based on industry standards and COTS and nondevelopmental item components, with maximum reuse of the existing operational flight program software

Keywords

aircraft computers; aircraft maintenance; military avionics; safety-critical software; software fault tolerance; COTS components; Special Operations Forces aircraft; VMEbus; dual redundancy; fixed wing aircraft avionics; form-fit-function; industry standards; life cycle technology enhancement; maintainability; mission computer replacement prototype; nondevelopmental item components; open architecture; operational flight program software reuse; reliability; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft navigation; Application software; Computer architecture; Hardware; Logistics; Military aircraft; Military computing; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2000.886960

Filename

886960