Title :
Integrating controls and avionics on commercial aircraft
Author_Institution :
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
The technologies, functions, and innovations which are likely to be incorporated into late 1990s commercial aircraft are reported, together with possible integration approaches. The author discusses integrated modular avionics within the context of controls and data transfer, power distribution and management, and cockpit navigation and sensing equipment. The optical propulsion management system (OPMIS) is described, as is the autonomous operations optical integration concept
Keywords :
aerospace computer control; aircraft instrumentation; computerised instrumentation; computerised navigation; optical fibres; optical interconnections; power supplies to apparatus; avionics; cockpit navigation; commercial aircraft; controls; data transfer; fibre optics; fly by light; integrated modular avionics; integration; management; optical integration; optical propulsion management; power distribution; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft navigation; Aircraft propulsion; Energy management; Integrated optics; Optical sensors; Power distribution; Power system management; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1992. NAECON 1992., Proceedings of the IEEE 1992 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0652-X
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1992.220668
