Title :
A multi-platform support environment
Author :
Miyahara, Gary ; Satterthwaite, Charles P.
Author_Institution :
Hughes Aircraft Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Legacy weapon systems, such as attack aircraft, have taken advantage of embedded computers and software to provide enormous capabilities for flexibility and expandability. The provision of these capabilities has been at a cost, and that is in the dedicated software development facilities which have sprung up to support these legacy systems. Unfortunately, the costs of these dedicated facilities is becoming prohibitive. The Advanced Avionics Multi-Radar Software Support Study (AAMRSSS) project offers experience in handling the above problem. AAMRSSS studied the feasibility of using a dedicated Software Development Facility (SDF) to support multiple software system platforms. Issues of the study were: commonality; unique requirements of the new system to be added; platform priorities; and future expansion. In particular, this study has addressed supporting the AC-130U Gunship´s Radar Operational Flight Program (OFF) in the F-15´s Radar Software Development Facility
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; airborne radar; aircraft computers; military avionics; military computing; project support environments; radar computing; real-time systems; weapons; AAMRSSS project; attack aircraft; avionics software; commonality; dedicated software development facility; embedded computers; future expansion; legacy weapon systems; multi-platform support environment; multiple software system platforms; platform priorities; radar operational flight program support; radar software development facility; shared platform support; simulation models; target generator; weapon system embedded software; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Costs; Embedded software; Embedded system; Radar; Software systems; Software testing; System testing; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1997. NAECON 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3725-5
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1997.622734
