Suit study - The impact of VMS in subsystem integration
- Northrop Corp., Aircraft Div., Hawthorne, CA (United States) USAF, Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
One of the thrusts of the Wright Laboratory/FIVE-sponsored Subsystem Integration Technology (SUIT) study is to investigate the impact of emerging vehicle management system (VMS) concepts on subsystem integration. This paper summarizes the issues relating to VMS/subsystem integration as examined during the Northrop SUIT study. Projected future weapon system requirements are identified and their impact on VMS and subsystem design interpreted. Integrated VMS/subsystem control and management functions are proposed. A candidate system VMS architecture satisfying the aforementioned weapon system requirements and providing the identified control and management functions is proposed. This architecture is used, together with the environmental control system, as an illustrative subsystem example, to address the risks associated with the design, development, procurement, integration and testing of integrated VMS/subsystem concepts. The conclusion is that the development process requires an airframer to adopt the role of subsystem integrator, the consequences of which are discussed. 2 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 7280203
- Report Number(s):
- AIAA-Paper--92-1078; CONF-9202119--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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