Title :
PAVE PACE: system avionics for the 21st century
Author_Institution :
US Air Force Wright Aeronaut. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
The rationale is presented for the continuation of the advanced architecture development, established by the PAVE PILLAR initiative, under the PAVE PACE program. The goals are to achieve: (a) practical and affordable airborne versions of modular parallel-processing network architectures for a large array of new applications (currently beyond real-time implementation), (b) highly available avionics for use across all avionics, and, (c) dramatically improved techniques to reduce the cost of software development and support. A novel approach to the overall design structure for future avionics is also presented. Continued use of the PAVE PILLAR high-speed data bus and operating system is recommended as the means to integrate and control the data input and output of physically and functionally separate parallel networks
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aircraft instrumentation; military computing; operating systems (computers); parallel architectures; parallel processing; real-time systems; PAVE PACE program; PAVE PILLAR high-speed data bus; PAVE PILLAR initiative; advanced architecture development; airborne versions; future avionics; goals; highly available avionics; modular parallel-processing network architectures; operating system; overall design structure; rationale; separate parallel networks; software development cost reduction; system avionics; Aerospace electronics; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Design automation; Government; Hardware; Laboratories; Software tools; Thermal management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1988.195007
