Title :
Need for a general specification for vehicle management systems
Author :
Grevstad, Kurt ; Turner, Louie, III
Author_Institution :
Boeing Defense & Space Group, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The need to reform the vehicle management system (VMS) specification approach currently used in air vehicle design is addressed, and the changes that should be made to the current specifications to accommodate the modern approach to aircraft system design are discussed. The need for a new VMS specification was realized during the development of a requirements definition document for a fly-by-light VMS that could be applied to a new generation of fighter aircraft for multirole missions. It is recommended that a general specification for VMSs be developed following the format of AFGS-87242A General Specification for flight control systems
Keywords :
aerospace computer control; aircraft control; formal specification; military computing; military systems; AFGS-87242A General Specification; air vehicle design; aircraft system design; fighter aircraft; fly-by-light; general specification; multirole missions; requirements definition document; vehicle management systems; Aerospace control; Aircraft propulsion; Centralized control; Control systems; Data buses; Military aircraft; Power system management; Valves; Vehicles; Voice mail;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE/AIAA 11th
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0820-4
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1992.282190
