Validation & Verification of Intelligent and Adaptive Control Systems

Abstract

Emerging military aerospace system operational goals, such as autonomy, will require advanced safety-critical control systems consisting of unconventional requirements, system architectures, software algorithms, and hardware implementations. These emerging control systems will significantly challenge current verification and validation (V&V) processes, tools, and methods for flight certification. Ultimately, transition of advanced control systems that enable transformational military operations will be decided by affordable V&V strategies that reduce costs and compress schedules for flight certification. This paper describes a comprehensive plan and preliminary results for a study of V&V needs for emerging safety-critical control systems in the context of military aerospace vehicle flight certification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417890

Entities

People

  • Bruce H. Krogh
  • Clinton Plaisted
  • James M. Buffington
  • Ravi Prasanth
  • Vince Crum

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Control Systems
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Astronautics
  • Control Systems
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operating Systems
  • Performance Tests
  • Reliability
  • Spacecraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers