Cost Benefit and Failure Criticality Analyses of the Standard Avionics Integrated Control System (SAICS) Concept,

Abstract

This document reports on the existing individual and integrated avionics cockpit controls of contemporary aircraft. Through failure-criticality and cost-benefit analyses, it examines the potential of a Standard Avionics Integrated Control System (SAICS) as a replacement for existing individual controls. The report provides information on existing individual cockpit avionics control mean times between failures (MTBFs), costs, weights, and sizes. It also provides MTBF, cost, space, and weight estimates for a unique integrated control, a standard avionics integrated control, and a manual back-up control panel for both . The study addresses primarily hardware, not software, and places emphasis on avionics control rather than display. It is assumed that installation of a SAICS would begin in five candidate tactical aircraft some time after 1985. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102197

Entities

People

  • A. Savisaar
  • D. Godwin
  • E. Straub

Organizations

  • ARINC

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Cost Analysis
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Guidance
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Instrument Panels
  • Military Aircraft
  • Navigation
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space