AAE - 3156 - Avionics - System Engineering Lecture
AAE - 3156 - Avionics - System Engineering Lecture
AAE - 3156 - Avionics - System Engineering Lecture
[Avionics]
Kamlesh Kumar
Mentor of Change, ATL, NITI Aayog, Govt of India
Director, iSpAgro Robotics Pvt Ltd
Coordinator, Centre of Excellence in Avionics and Navigation, MAHE
Assistant Professor Senior Scale, Dept. of Aeronautical, MIT
Email: [email protected];
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INTRODUCTION
•Avionics
•System Engineering
•Assignment/Case study
Avionics : Aviation Electronics
Definition: Contains all sub-domains relating to avionics,
cockpit and Air traffic management (ATM)-related
aircraft systems.
Systems engineering is first and foremost about getting the right design—
and then about maintaining and enhancing its technical integrity, as well as
managing complexity with good processes to get the design right.
Since the late 1980’s, many aerospace related government and industry
organizations have moved from a hardcore, technical leadership culture (the
art) to one of systems management (the science).
History has shown that many projects dominated by only one of these
cultures suffer significant ill consequences.
That is why we focus on the complete systems engineer, who embodies the
art and science of systems engineering across all phases of aerospace
missions—a type reflected in Figure 1.
The scope of systems engineering and the activities for which the systems engineer
is both responsible and accountable should be understood and documented early
in the project.
=>The project manager has overall responsibility for managing the project team
and ensuring that the project delivers a technically correct system within cost and
schedule.
=>Note that there are areas where the two cornerstones of project management, SE
and PP&C, overlap.
=>In these areas, SE provides the technical aspects or inputs whereas PP&C
provides the programmatic, cost, and schedule inputs.
The Common Technical Processes and
the SE Engine
The processes in each set and their interactions and flows are illustrated by the
NPR systems engineering “engine” shown in FIGURE 2.1-1.
System Design Processes: The four system design
processes shown in FIGURE 2.1-1 are used
=>Product Verification and Product Validation processes may be similar in nature, but
the objectives are fundamentally different:
that the product can meet each “shall” statement as proven though performance
of a test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration (or combination of these).
Validation of a product shows that the product accomplishes the intended purpose
in the intended environment—
that it meets the expectations of the customer and other stakeholders as shown
through performance of a test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration.
Cost Effectiveness Considerations
The objective of systems engineering is to see that the system is designed, built,
and can be operated so that it accomplishes its purpose safely in the most cost-
effective way possible considering performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
Design trade studies, an important part of the systems engineering process, often
attempt to find designs that provide the best combination of cost and effectiveness.
At each cost-effective solution:
As noted at the beginning of NPR 7123.1, the “systems approach is applied to all
elements of a system (i.e., hardware, software, human systems integration.
In short, the systems engineering approach must equally address and integrate these
three key elements: hardware, software, and human systems integration.
Therefore, the human element is something that integration and systems engineering
processes must address.
4. Chief Engineer
TABLE 2.7-1 NASA System Engineering
Competency Model
TABLE 2.7-1 NASA System Engineering
Competency Model
TABLE 2.7-1 NASA System Engineering
Competency Model
TABLE 2.7-1 NASA System Engineering
Competency Model
Synthetic Vision System
A “synthetic vision system” is an aircraft cockpit display technology that presents the
visual environment external to the aircraft using computer-generated imagery in a
manner analogous to how it would appear to the pilot if forward visibility were not
restricted.
A synthetic vision system (SVS) is a computer-mediated reality system for aerial vehicles,
that uses 3D to provide pilots with clear and intuitive means of understanding their
flying environment.
Synthetic vision is also a generic term, which may pertain to computer vision systems
using artificial intelligence methods for visual learning, see "Synthetic Vision using
Volume Learning and Visual DNA".
Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the perception of
environmental elements and events with respect to time or space, the
comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their future status.