Author: Jeremy Peter Tondreault
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Improving the Management of System Development to Produce More Affordable Military Avionics Systems
Author: Jeremy Peter Tondreault
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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Aeronautical Technologies for the Twenty-first Century
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Aeronautical Technologies
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030917094X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Extending the life of an airframe has proven challenging and costly. Extending the life of an avionics system, however, is one of the most critical and difficult aspects of extending total aircraft system lifetimes. Critical components go out of production or become obsolete, and many former suppliers of military-grade components have gone out of business. From 1986 to 1996, for example, the percentage of discontinued military/aerospace electronic devices nearly doubledâ€"from 7.5 percent to 13.5 percent. In addition, legacy avionics systems, which were designed to meet requirements of the past, generally lack the full capability to perform new missions, meet new threats, or perform well in the new information-intensive battlefield environments. As the legacy aircraft fleet ages, avionics systems will become more and more difficult to support and maintain. Whereas the military once provided a large and profitable market for the electronics industry, the military electronics market today constitutes less than 1 percent of the commercial market. As a result, the military must increasingly rely on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for its avionics hardware and software. Although COTS items are generally less expensive than comparable items designed especially to meet military specifications, the technology-refresh cycle for COTS is typically 18 months or less, which exacerbates the obsolescence problem for aircraft whose lifetimes are measured in decades. The short refresh cycle is driven mostly by the tremendous advances in computer systems, which comprise an increasing percentage of avionics content. In response to a request by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the National Research Council convened the Committee on Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft, under the auspices of the Air Force Science and Technology Board, to conduct this study. This report summarizes the following: Gather information from DoD, other government agencies, and industrial sources on the status of, and issues surrounding, the aging avionics problem. This should include briefings from and discussions with senior industry executives and military acquisition and support personnel. A part of this activity should include a review of Air Force Materiel Command's study on diminishing manufacturing sources to recommend ways to mitigate avionics obsolescence. Provide recommendations for new approaches and innovative techniques to improve management of aging avionics, with the goal of helping the Air Force to enhance supportability and replacement of aging and obsolescing avionics and minimize associated life cycle costs. Comment on the division of technology responsibility between DoD and industry.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030917094X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Extending the life of an airframe has proven challenging and costly. Extending the life of an avionics system, however, is one of the most critical and difficult aspects of extending total aircraft system lifetimes. Critical components go out of production or become obsolete, and many former suppliers of military-grade components have gone out of business. From 1986 to 1996, for example, the percentage of discontinued military/aerospace electronic devices nearly doubledâ€"from 7.5 percent to 13.5 percent. In addition, legacy avionics systems, which were designed to meet requirements of the past, generally lack the full capability to perform new missions, meet new threats, or perform well in the new information-intensive battlefield environments. As the legacy aircraft fleet ages, avionics systems will become more and more difficult to support and maintain. Whereas the military once provided a large and profitable market for the electronics industry, the military electronics market today constitutes less than 1 percent of the commercial market. As a result, the military must increasingly rely on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for its avionics hardware and software. Although COTS items are generally less expensive than comparable items designed especially to meet military specifications, the technology-refresh cycle for COTS is typically 18 months or less, which exacerbates the obsolescence problem for aircraft whose lifetimes are measured in decades. The short refresh cycle is driven mostly by the tremendous advances in computer systems, which comprise an increasing percentage of avionics content. In response to a request by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the National Research Council convened the Committee on Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft, under the auspices of the Air Force Science and Technology Board, to conduct this study. This report summarizes the following: Gather information from DoD, other government agencies, and industrial sources on the status of, and issues surrounding, the aging avionics problem. This should include briefings from and discussions with senior industry executives and military acquisition and support personnel. A part of this activity should include a review of Air Force Materiel Command's study on diminishing manufacturing sources to recommend ways to mitigate avionics obsolescence. Provide recommendations for new approaches and innovative techniques to improve management of aging avionics, with the goal of helping the Air Force to enhance supportability and replacement of aging and obsolescing avionics and minimize associated life cycle costs. Comment on the division of technology responsibility between DoD and industry.
AGARD Conference Proceedings
Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789283504375
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9789283504375
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages :
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The 5-year Outlook on Science and Technology, 1981
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Army R, D & A.
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Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Management
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Category : Industrial engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Department of the Army Pamphlet
Author:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The National Academy of Sciences' Decadal Plan for Aeronautics
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description