Digital Avionics Systems 

 

This four-day course begins with avionics system design requirements in the context of aircraft/mission objectives and standards, and the use of top-level design tools. The building blocks of avionics systems-data busses, displays, and power- are presented with an emphasis on emerging concepts. The principles of reliability, maintainability, and fault tolerance also are discussed. Digital avionics systems in current and future aircraft are reviewed to help participants gain insight into real-world practices. System assessment and verification, and software development, assessment, and validation, are also covered. The course concludes with an overview of communications, navigation, and surveillance for air traffic management (CNS/ATM) avionics.

Presented by UCLA (University of California - Los Angeles) Extension. This course has two instructors:

Cary Spitzer worked in NASA's avionics research program and was the NASA manager of a joint NASA/Honeywell flight test program that led to the first successful automatic landing of a transport aircraft using GPS satellite signals.

Robert Lyons, a U.S. Air Force Colonel who most recently served as the director of the Air Force Materiel Command Acquisition Centre of Excellence before retiring with over 35 years of service. He was also a director of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and JSF X-32 program director.


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