Systems integration of the 777 Airplane Information Management System (AIMS): a Honeywell perspective

Author

Witwer, Bob

Author_Institution

Air Transp. Syst., Honeywell Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

5-9 Nov 1995

Firstpage

389

Lastpage

393

Abstract

The systems integration of the 777 Airplane Information Management System (AIMS), both within the AIMS system and with the other systems on the airplane, represented the most complex system integration effort ever undertaken at Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division. The technological innovations in the AIMS design, coupled with an aggressive program schedule, were major factors in the AIMS challenge. Honeywell and Boeing had to work closely together to complete the design and development of AIMS in a time frame that supported the 777 Early ETOPS goal. With teams from the two companies working as one unit, redundant activities were eliminated, technical and program problems were identified and solved rapidly, and schedule time was saved by both teams helping with tasks that were traditionally considered to be the other team´s job

Keywords

aircraft computers; aircraft control; aircraft displays; database management systems; fault tolerant computing; formal specification; open systems; redundancy; system buses; systems analysis; 777 Early ETOPS goal; Boeing 777 Airplane Information Management System; I/O modules; avionics system; commercial airplanes; core processor modules; display units; fault tolerant; flight management; high-speed backplane bus; integrated modular avionics architecture; program management; redundancy; schedule time; system design; system verification; systems integration; technological innovations; Aerospace electronics; Airplanes; Application software; Backplanes; Certification; Information management; Power supplies; Processor scheduling; System testing; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1995., 14th DASC

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3050-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1995.482927

Filename

482927