Display Computer Demonstration
Display Computer Demonstration
The FORCE2 is running an avionics application fusing a number of different elements into a single display. The primary flight display elements – attitude & heading indicator, airspeed, vertical speed, turn coordinator and altimeter – are overlaid on a synthetic vision system giving a real time 3D representation of the terrain, to provide pilots with clear and intuitive means of understanding their flying environment. Additionally, two video streams are displayed “picture in picture” allowing a digital map and an electro-optic sensor to be viewed, for complete situational awareness.
The FORCE2 Flight Computer
Comprises COTS boards packaged in a proven chassis design with a high technology readiness level (TRL), allowing customers to focus on application design by reducing integration effort, thus lowering risk and time to market.
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Considering the Make vs. Buy Decision for Flight-Certifiable Embedded Electronics
Some aircraft designers and systems integrators already design computers in-house. For these companies, the question must be asked, just because you can, should you? Anything that distracts you from your core competencies could result in project overruns, delays or failure.
The path to certification
Whether it’s manned or unmanned, fixed or rotary wing, military aircraft are continuously being pushed to new technological limits. Increasingly, they are required to operate in areas that require FAA or equivalent regulatory compliance. This means more and more systems will need DO-254 and DO-178 DAL certification. Some developers and integrators make the decision to design their own flight safety certifiable electronics. This arduous task takes on risk of cost and schedule overruns. A COTS solution designed to meet these rigorous standards and audited by an FAA designee reduces those risks. .
