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Ground and Flight Test of Systems Used in Military Aircraft

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  • KCTRONICS Innovative Consultancy Services Private Limited,Bangalore,India

Abstract

The advanced technologies in the computer science have given us opportunities to include sophisticated systems in the Aeronautical fields as well as to use better methods of testing and verifying them in a much smoother way. Aeronautical industries in India and abroad have progressed so much in making Aircraft's & Helicopters with so much sophistication in their technologies for both civil & military applications. The aircraft, as a whole is an aggregate of objects in terms of software. It is a collection of various objects consisting of systems & sub systems. The success of flying of an aircraft depends on the satisfactory performance of its functions which are in built into it . It is therefore necessary to ensure that these constituent assembled objects behaving well during ground tests & in flight simulation test modes.Hence, the objective of this paper is to bring out the philosophy of testing of the components on ground & flight simulation modes.This will focus on the general methodologies adopted in the testing of military air crafts in India based on the guidelines of DDPMAS/ DDPIL/ QCSR/ AFIO-procedures laid down by the DGAQA .& CEMILAC Organisations, the main two Certifying Agencies of Military Air crafts in India and other Defence Standards like Mil-Std/JSS/Def-Std as applicable on case by case basis. Further it will bring out , the different test approaches adopted in the acceptance testing processes of Systems clearances through automotive modeling and simulation of system will be the high lights of the paper.The author has been involved in the testing of various systems /subsystems of various air crafts /Helicopters in association with CEMILAC during it's certification Processes for quite a long period.
3.0 System Development: During the
development period of the System, it is
very important to generate sufficient
information on the requirements, which
would l;iye enough input to the dc;.signer
to d~~ its design Specification. ~ this.
s~ ojtself, the Analysis, Requireme~t
2.0 An approach: System study involves
Analysis, Design and Postulates. It is a
fact-that the prediction of Performance
of a system is not feasible during its
hypothetical state. One way is to build a
Proto-type. It is known that analysis
gives the operational aspects, design
conforms of meeting of the system-
requirements, and test and evaluation
brings out the behavioral portion. Hence,
it is preferable to have a Proto model
that gives the system boundaries,
identifies the entities, attributes and
activities of the system. The data shall
provide the attributes and the
relationships of the activities.
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Ground and Flight Tests of Systems used in Military Air crafts
For the National Seminar of Military Airworthiness &Certification
By: K.C. Padhy, J80 ,OCRJ (LeA) DGAQA, and Bangalore·37
An Abstruct; -
The advanced technologies in the oompuJr science have given us opportunities to include sophisticated
systems in the: Aeronautical fields as well as to use better methods of testing and verifying them in a much smoother
way. Aeronautical Industries in India and abroad have progressed so much in making the Aircraft's &Helicopter1 'With
so much sophistication in their technologies for both Civil &Military Applications. The aireraft, as a whole is an
aggregate of objects in tcnns of Software. II is a collection of various objects consisting ofsystcms &sub-systems. The
~ of an aircraft depends on the salisfaclorv oerfo~ce 9f its functions which arc in- built into. It is
therefore necessary to ensure that mesc.ecn
simulation lest modes. Hence. the Ob~ye..1
ground and flight in simulation modes. "Thi.s
aircraft's in India based on the guidelines of
&CEMrLAC Organizations, the m~n two Certifyirig Agencies of Military Aircrafts in India. other Defence Standards
like Mil·Std/1SSI DEF-STD as>applicable on case by ~ basis. Further it will bring out, the different teSt approaches
=~t~~; ~:~:e~~~ PI;~f o~:~:;S~~~u~u~~~~~ ~od~~ngT:~~~la~:~
systems/subsystem of various Ain::raft'slHeJipopters iO-8.S$OCwionwith CEMILAC during it's Certification Processes
for quitc a long period. ., ~-d' l~,: .~
1.0 Introduction: The ·Aircraft Industry :•., ,weather conditions. Hence, all efforts
in India as a whole hili' beeh cent<;r~l\
\ii .,":- .should be made to see that the Systems
HAL (Hindustan A,eronautica1. Lid) ..~ are well ta,ken care right from the
alone except a few 'rare C3$~~ ~ome ~~ :.,; procurement stage to its full Life Cycle,
private sectors are recently getting· ~?
involved. This Industry· dates back to
few decades ago when it symed ...'?Ii~ the ~....
overhaul of Military Aircraft?6ni~ .and~'
then joined slowly in the. manufaCtunng
of the Military Aircraft :in'collabOrntion
with the Aircraft Industries of Foreign
. -.~6rigin,As the technologies progressed in
pace with time and c\.lr technocrats
'entered into the manufacturing' of the
~aircraft of our own. design, and then
. moved towards developing Systems
/Sub-Systems and its ·components too, It
is worth noting that the significance of
the satisfactory performance .of the
Military aircraft is of paramount
import.ance not only· to a particular
individual nor groufl' of neither people
nor any organization alone; it is the
COlIDtry'Sciedibility. As the system
being the constituent parts of an aircraft,
the need arises how these systems are to
be made functiopal on all types of
environments in order to see that the
aircraft in turn, is capable of flying in all

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In the global world of competitiveness, customers are more conscious of products & service quality & reliability. Moreover, the success depends on the product availability at the right time, at the right places, at the lowest prices. With the advent in the technologies, the entrepreneurs started using various approaches in the production & service sector right from the early stage of design up to the production stage to increase the efficiencies and bring quality & reliability in the products. It is seen that the product development in its different categories of grand design, Incremental design & Evolutionary design follows various Product Life Cycle Model approaches, its Simulation & Synthesis. In order to bring quality in to the products much Standard Software System levels are introduced to focus on the global market scenarios. The Test & validation are focussed on the conformation of the specification in the product functionalities right from the preliminary design, development and deployment through product realization. This way all the product related processes even forms part of Product Life Cycle Model (PLCM) under the market scenario from the conceptual stage through planning, production, implementation distribution & up to the recycling stages. The paper is focussed on both market & physical domain aspects of Modeling & Simulation.
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