Testing Operational Flight Programs (OFPS)

Abstract

Operational Flight Programs are the software programs of avionics embedded computer systems. Not only is it desirable to be able to test and model Operational Flight Programs, it is essential. The consequences of not performing accurate Operational Flight Program testing can be devastating. Some of these include premature weapon releases, erroneous flight instrument displays, and complete system failure. In order to test Operational Flight Programs, there are several things one must know about the Operational Flight Program, its weapon system host, its support environment, and how to generate and perform its test. This paper will address these issues as it develops a strategy to test an Operational Flight Program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA276361

Entities

People

  • Charles P. Satterthwaite

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Computers
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Maintenance
  • Navigation
  • Object Code
  • Procurement
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design