Avionics and Its Industry Trends
The term “Avionics” is used for describing all electronic devices and systems that are used for artificial satellites, aircrafts and spacecrafts. The domain comprises of navigation, communication, the management and display of various systems and the numerous systems that are fitted to the aircraft to cater to specific roles. This ranges from being simple devices such as searchlight for a police helicopter or something as complex as the tactical system for an airborne early platform.
The term was “avionics” first was introduced in USA as early as 1950’s to define the systems that uses or depends on electronic technology in the aviation sector. Its function is becoming increasingly important in modern aircrafts domain. At the same time, the expense of the avionic system too has been modified and equals approximately to one-third or more of the overall aircraft expense. The world marker for avionics department for the next decade has been predicted to be somewhere at £30 billion and is slated to increase in the forthcoming days.
Leading avionics engineering services have come up with innovative avionics solutions. These companies specialize in aerospace testing and aero structures having their own set of aircraft interior designers. The services offered includes software and hardware engineering, mechanical avionics design and development, control systems and instrumentation engineering, engineering analysis, automated test equipments, manufacturing engineering, simulation software development, technical publications and manufacturing. Furthermore, these companies offer their clients with a comprehensive all-inclusive testing life cycle support than the black and white box testing.
This apart other essential feature comprises the know-how on multiple domains such as Flight Warning Systems, Flight Control Systems (FCS), Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Systems, Flight Management Systems (FMS), Communication, Engine Control, Hydraulic Systems, Electrical Power Systems, Landing Gear Systems, Environmental Systems, Engine Test beds, Electronic Flight Instrumentation System (EFIS), Fire Protection System, Simulators, Ground Support Equipment and many more. Other noteworthy aerospace avionics service offerings include the following:-
Hardware engineering
* Modular architecture and design
* Analog/Digital circuit design
* PCB design and development
* PCB fabrication
* Prototyping
* Test design and development
* Support to certification
Software engineering
* Design and development
* Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
* Re-engineering and maintenance
* Tools development
* Test design and development
* Support-to-certification
System integration
* Automated testing equipment
* Test procedures
* Support-to-certification
These companies also have adequate experience in aerospace manufacturing engineering and works towards combining embedded software development and electronic hardware fabrication. This helps then to offer a comprehensive product portfolio for avionics and embedded systems using the of “design-to-build” methodology. Integrated aircraft avionics architecture today is crucial to any aircraft. With the development of technology the requirement to set up complete hardware and software design, testing, implementation and integration has become all the more important.
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