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1 Embedded Systems Development Integration
Author(s) -
STIL Guy,
RAWNSLEY Brian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00156.x
Subject(s) - avionics , aerospace , airframe , systems engineering , realisation , engineering , process (computing) , manufacturing engineering , key (lock) , engineering management , aeronautics , computer science , aerospace engineering , operating system , physics , quantum mechanics
Most European aircraft development programmes are undertaken by consortia of geographically distributed and culturally diverse industrial organisations. Specification of avionic systems, and their realisation, is undertaken by multiple system specifiers (airframe manufacturers) and multiple avionic system suppliers, using their own methods, standards and tools. The key objective of the SPIDERS project is to reduce the cost and timescale of this distributed specification process. The SPIDERS consortium includes four aircraft manufacturers: Aerospatiale, Eurocopter France, Daimler‐Benz Aerospace Airbus, and British Aerospace Airbus. SPIDERS also includes two avionic systems suppliers, Smiths Industries Aerospace and Sextant Avionique. The programme has a central workpackage involving all of the partners, working towards definition of the New System Development Model. During the project, many improvements in processes, methods and tools were identified and evaluated. The “Current System Development Model” was first captured for each partner as a baseline. This was then harmonised and improvements incorporated to give a “New System Development Model”.