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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Feb. 18, 2003
Table of Contents
- DAY 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Charles Hurst, Director, Dayton Operations, Information Spectrum.
- .10 ACCELERATING APPLICATION OF OPEN SYSTEMS
- Modular avionics architecture
- Evolution of modern avionics architectures
- Benefits and pitfalls of modular and open avionics
- Case studies: AV-8B Harrier II and F-15 upgrades
- Future directions in avionics developments
- Leavy Riggs Jr, Senior Systems Engineering Manager, Open Systems Joint Task Force, United States Air Force.
- 9.40 FUTURE MILITARY AVIONICS
- Advanced supportable avionics
- The problem with today’s avionics
- Abstraction and modelling
- Hardware architectures
- Obsolescence management
- Modularity
- Clever contracting
- The vision
- Lieutenant Commander David Fitzjohn, FSE/AVS, Future Support Environment, Avionics Support, Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of Defence.
- 10.20 AFFORDABLE AVIONICS FOR AGING AIRCRAFT
- UK view
- Upgrade opportunities for avionics in the UK
- Obsolescence issues affecting current and future capabilities
- Parallels between the UK and US experiences
- What the UK is doing about the problems
- Dr Tony Gillespie, Leader, Avionics and Mission Systems, DSTL.
- 11.00 Morning Coffee
- 11.20 OPEN ARCHITECTURE FOR MISSION AVIONICS
- Mission capability development by integration of scalable core components
- The Distributed Integrated Modular Avionics concept
- Technology insertion using a scalable systems architecture
- The mission core avionics components: mission computer, video management
- Mission display mode generation, digital maps, digital recording etc
- Case studies: helicopter and fixed wing platforms
- Hans Brandtberg, Director, Strategy and Technology Management, Display and Reconnaissance Systems Division, SaabTech.
- 12.00 AGING AVIONICS COMPUTER
- A COTS-based replacement strategy
- Real-time embedded information systems
- Current legacy avionics
- Results
- Upgrade strategies
- Conclusion
- Dr Ben Calloni, Research Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company.
- 12.40 Lunch
- 2.00 DUAL DEVELOPMENT IN AVIONICS
- Experience in military transport and helicopter avionics
- Advances in commercial avionics, A380 experience
- Future trends in technologies and function development
- Jean Paul Platzer, Deputy Vice President, Technical Management, Thales Avionics.
- 2.40 INTRODUCING FORMAL METHODS INTO MILITARY AVIONICS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
- “Lessons learned”
- Late 90s: the need to reduce embedded software costs
- Overview of technologies involved
- Object orientated methods
- Close cooperation with equipment suppliers for advanced development
- Lessons learned
- Emmanuel Ledinot, DGT/DPR/DESA, Dassault Aviation.
- 3.20 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 FUTURE OFFENSIVE AIR SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
- Overview
- Platform independent designs
- De-risking critical technologies
- Keeping options open
- Thinking ahead to 2020 conflicts
- Decision-making
- Affordability
- William Stuart, FOAS Chief Engineer, BAE SYSTEMS Avionics Group.
- 4.20 THE STATE OF AVIONICS AND THE ROAD TO ADVANCED AVIONICS
- Operation in the global airspace requires advanced avionics
- The problem - aging fleets with avionics 1-3 decades old
- Mandated capabilities for operation in the global airspace
- Cockpit modernization for enhanced situational awareness and communications
- Economic impact of restricted operations
- Business considerations related to achieving mandated capabilities
- Regulatory approval and certification processes impact on cost and safety
- The road to affordable advanced avionics
- Ellis Hitt, Chairman, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Digital Avionics Technical Committee (DATC), Battelle Corporation.
- 5.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- DAY 2
- 8.30 Re-registration and Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Dr Tony Gillespie, Leader, Avionics and Mission Systems, DSTL.
- 9.10 AVIONICS TRANSFORMATION
- From Platform Centric to Network Centric
- William Urschel, Avionics Technical Advisor, Aging Aircraft Division, United States Air Force.
- 9.40 ARMY AVIONICS
- Improved Data Modem
- Aviation/ Joint Mission Planning System (AMPS/JMPS)
- Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
- Global Positioning System (GPS) P3I
- Global Air Traffic Management (GATM)
- Advanced Avionics Technology Insertion (AATI) Overview
- Gary Nenninger, Project Manager, Aviation Systems, US Army Aviation PEO.
- 10.20 SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
- Future software development technology
- Why does software cause so many problems?
- What techniques can be used to overcome uncertainty?
- Certification
- Obsolescence management
- Automation and long term support
- Real Time Operating Systems
- Modularity
- Squadron Leader Nick Tudor, FSE/SS, Future Support Environment, Software Support, Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of Defence.
- 11.00 Morning Coffee
- 11.20 RAFALE & MIRAGE 2000-9
- Avionics
- The ASAAC standards: - The programme state - Results and perspectives
- A first application step: - The Modular Data Processing Unit on RAFALE and MIRAGE 2000-9 aircraft
- Gauthier Personnic, SPAé/ST/AAé, French Ministry of Defence.
- 12.00 CANADIAN DEFENCE’S TECHNICAL AIRWORTHINESS PROGRAM
- Avionics Systems
- Aviation safety program
- DND/CF Airworthiness (AW) Program
- Comparison of civil and military AW standards
- Technical airworthiness risk levels
- System safety assessment process
- Application to fleets and new acquisitions
- Martime helicopter acquisition - system safety program
- Sylvain Fleurant, Manager, Technical Airworthiness for Avionics & Electrical Systems, Department of National Defence, Canada.
- 12.40 Lunch
- 2.00 AVIONICS PLANNING AND EXECUTION II (AVPLEX II)
- Applying the principles
- AVPLEX elements have proven effective in programs: Open Systems, Life Cycle Cost and Migration Strategy
- Application in modification programs is aided by the use of new process tools
- Viability assessment looks at the downstream impact of current design
- Integrated change roadmapping combines the program planning elements
- Incorporation into solicitation documents needed for clear understanding
- Charles Hurst, Director, Dayton Operations, Information Spectrum Inc.
- 2.40 MIG-29 MODERNISATION PROGRAMME
- Modular avionics upgrade
- Mission computer
- CNI
- Fire control system
- New weapons integration
- Enhanced capabilities
- Rainer Hankowiak, Business Development Manager, Miitary Aircraft, EADS - Deutschland.
- 3.20 AIRCRAFT EW SYSTEMS
- Test & evaluation
- EW threat generators
- Real signals or simulators?
- The need for routine test and training
- Recording time space position information
- 4.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea
- Close of Conference
AbstractMajor contributions from senior representatives:
William Urschel, Avionics Technical Advisor, Aging Aircraft Division, United States Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel Glen Logan, Deputy Director, Open Systems Joint Task Force, United States Air Force
- Lieutenant Commander David Fitzjohn, FSE/AVS, Future Support Environment, Avionics Support, Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of Defence
- Squadron Leader Nick Tudor, FSE/SS, Future Support Environment, Software Support, Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of Defence
- Gary Nenninger, Project Manager, Aviation Systems, US Army Aviation PEO
- Dr Tony Gillespie, Leader, Avionics and Mission Systems, DSTL
- Gauthier Personnic, SPAé/ST/AAé, French Ministry of Defence
- Sylvain Fleurant, Manager, Technical Airworthiness for Avionics & Electrical Systems, Department of National Defence, Canada
- Paul Johnson, Head Airborne Mission Systems Research, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia
Benefits of attending
- LEARN from leading decision-makers in the field of avionics and the recent developments in the current environment
- COMPREHENSIVE analysis of modern software development and technological advances
- EXPLORE the importance of affordable avionics in the race against obsolescence
- GAIN an intensive insight into open architecture and Aircraft EW systems
- · APPRAISE the evolution of the avionics industry and meet its experts
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