Investigation of advanced failure modes analyses and tests for Harrier digital avionics

摘要

Work during the course of the above agreement resulted in eight open-literature publications. Cumulated references to these publications follows this general summary. Primary USC effort under the grant was to collaborate with NASA-Ames scientists in two flight research programs: the V/STOL Systems Research Aircraft (VSRA) Project and the Ames RASCAL Project, an Arm Blackhawk helicopter modified for advanced flight research. Effort supporting the VSRA Project included: (1) development of methods for performing quantitative risk assessment of airborne systems and ground facilities controls; (2) preparation of a VSRA FMEA and Hazard Analysis (to assist in fault simulation); (3) development of navigation algorithms; (4) development of simulation models to be used in the VSRA Development Facility; (5) derivation of plant models for the aircraft (A YAV-8B); (6) development of a set of automated data gathering tools to support the general checkout of the simulation and the failure mode testing; (7) development of menu-oriented methods for generating failure mode test data sets; and (8) assistance in development of a programmable display unit for driving a heads-up display unit. Effort supporting RASCAL included: (1) development of a helmet-mounted display; and (2) assistance in developing advance terrain-following and Nap-of Earth (NOE) algorithms.