Consequences for the Design of Military Aircraft Systems Due to Integration of Commercial Electronic Components in Avionics

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Consequences for the Design of Military Aircraft Systems Due to Integration of Commercial Electronic Components in Avionics

E. Cernko / D. Jaeger / R. Manser

The time when aerospace requirements and investments initiated micro- electronic components development has passed. Industries like Telecom and Personal Computer invest many times more than aerospace with huge economical performance size mass packaging and assembly improvements. The lifespan of these developments in the market is very short. The Life Cycle Costs for keeping tip avionics design with special ruggedized components and designs is likely to be higher than to adapt a military aircraft and their periphery to avionics with non-rugged electronic components. There are technical solutions available to adapt the military avionics environment to the requirements of non-rugged electronic components ad designs. This paper describes the relevant environmental aspects in nowadays military aircraft designs which have to be considered and their relation to non-rugged electronics. Further on this paper describes some possible modifications of military aircraft designs to cope with the environmental requirements of non-rugged electronics.