Honeywell Advanced Technologies Europe Radek Zaruba, Ondrej Daniel, October 2011 ANTARES WP33 User Terminal for General Aviation
What is GA? - GA Definitions are ambiguous: The British Business and General Aviation Association: All aeroplane and helicopter flying except that performed by the major airlines and the Armed Services UK General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC): All Civil Aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Germany: General Aviation is all civilian flying except for Scheduled Passenger and Cargo Airlines (OR: It s Individual Air Traffic, just like driving a vehicle on the streets for most different nonscheduled purposes) 2 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
Business & General Aviation Customers and Products Key Customers Gulfstream Dassault Falcon Jet Cessna Hawker Beechcraft Embraer Bombardier Pilatus Epic Aircraft Harbin Aircraft Viking Key Products Propulsion systems APUs and power generation Integrated avionics systems Advanced safety systems and applications Synthetic vision systems Flight management systems Cabin management systems and services Cockpit displays Satellite communications systems Digital flight guidance systems and controls Digital radio systems Environmental Control Systems Environmental Control Systems On-Board Inerting Gas Generation Systems General Aviation panel mount and portable avionics Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (RNP SAAAR) Services Flight support services Maintenance service plans, avionics warranty plans, and remote diagnostic services Global Asset Rental Banks Electronic flight bags 3 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
ATC COMM Current Status Voice (VHF + HF?) Data (CPDLC) Voice (VHF + HF) Data (CPDLC) Voice (VHF) Voice (VHF) 4 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
GA ATC Possible future VDLm2, L-DACS, WiMAX, SATCOM voice DATA TRANSFERS Command Reception confirmed Confirmed by Pilot Execution confirmed More than just new radio is needed for GA (HMI, data processing ) 5 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
UT Key Design Drivers Affordable for all IFR aircraft - Equipage cost should be comparable to nowadays IFR equipage For small GA needs to be in the order of several thousands of EUR - For aircraft already equipped with datalink and satcom systems, the impact on existing avionics need to be minimized Ideally just SW upgrades of existing equipment and as little HW modifications as possible - Communication Standard designed to allow low cost avionics Low gain antenna, single carrier transmission, no forced air cooling - For non-equipped aircraft (small GA) we need extremely simplified, small and cheap solution Limited features, services, simple HMI - Public funding reduces avionic supplier investments nonrecurring cost element reduced - The core technology (waveform, core HW elements ) should be developed once and reused across more products 6 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
UT Key Design Drivers (cont d) Technically suitable for all IFR aircraft - Different limitations for different aircraft Size, weight and form factor constraints (25x15x10cm / <4kg for small GA) Absence of forced air cooling HPA design constraints Antenna size and location constraints small low gain antenna needed Integration with existing avionics Number of substantially different products needed UT#1 Optional interfaces User I/O Sensor UT#2 Antenna Voice VHF radio PFD, MFD.. Standalone product for low end GA retrofit Airplane avionics LRU type of product for high end GA 7 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
UT Key Design Drivers (cont d) Coexistence with existing and future COM radios - Implementation integrated with next generation Inmarsat satcom avionics possibly a SW upgrade only - For future aircraft possible integration with other COM radios Substantial modification of aircraft radios and COM architecture Addressed in SESAR 9.44 - Iris waveform is expected to become part of future flexible radio products Mixed Development Assurance Levels (DAL) - Objective is to minimize amount of SW and HW which needs to be designed above DAL D - Avoid or absolutely minimize need for recertification of already existing SW and HW 8 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
Small GA UT form factor and installation Many options including for example Dash-board mounted (including HMI) Avionics bay radio interconnected with GA glass cockpit 9 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
Large GA form factor and installation Numerous options for split between SDU and avionics bay and the Antenna Unit near the antenna - Different options may be suitable for different aircraft ANT Diplexer LNA RF_RX HPA RF_Tx ANT RF to IF down conversion IF to RF up conversion Diplexer LNA RF_RX Ant. Unit HPA RF head control signals RF_Tx Ant. Unit ADC+ optional preproc. DAC+ optional preproc. RF to IF down conversion IF to RF up conversion ANTARES IF signal Processor (L1 and L2) ADC+ optional preproc. DAC+ optional preproc. Avionics processor and interfaces 10 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10 SDU ANTARES IF signal Processor (L1 and L2) Future radio architecture with smart Antenna Unit Avionics processor and interfaces SDU Classic Arinc satcom architecture
UT Prototype Status COTS SDR prototyping platform selected, tested and demonstrated in ANTARES phase B1 (2010) Prototype development steps planned for Phase B2: - Implement ANTARES CS L1 and L2 on the SDR platform Platform is ready and some generic elements already developed Once CS is consolidated the implementation can continue - High efficiency HPA TRL3 prototype Single carrier Tx simplifies usage of advanced linearization techniques - Development of design artifacts to support future transfer of the waveform to certified product pkg [Package] Systems Engineering Model [Systems Engineering Model] Systems Engineering Model captures the requirements, operational, functional and architectural view following 3VSE methods. Operational Domain Model + System Boundary + Operational/Mission Scenarios + UT Product Preliminary Analysis Functional Model + States - Modes - Functions Map + UTP Functional Hierarchy + UTP States and Modes + UTP Functional Flow + UTP Functional Data Flows + Information Model Requirements Model + UTP General Requirements + UTP Documentation Requirements + UTP Design Constraint + UT Air Interface Functional and Performance Requirements + UTP Control Interface Functional Requirements + Indirect UT Prototype Requirements Architectural Model + Architectural Hierarchy + Architecture Data Flows + UTP SW Architecture + Support Components Library 11 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
UT Development timeline Iris Phase 2.1 Lab prototype of the Iris UT waveforms Iris Phase 2.2 Flight-worthy Iris UT waveform Waveform porting Phase 1 Avionic SDR concept definition Phase 2 Avionic SDR platform prototype development SDR standardization TRL6 avionic SDR prototype hosting Iris waveform Ready for experimental flight tests Product development Target A/C selection, certification 12 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
WP3300 - Czech Consortium Honeywell - Project leader and coordinator - Main technical contribution to prototype development (platform selection, protocol implementation etc.) - Investigation of larger GA aircraft requirements TL Elektronic (http://www.tl-elektronic.com/) - Investigation of small general aviation aircraft requirements - PC Control Application development - Support to embedded SH / HW design and development (drivers, power supply etc.) - Analysis of packaging options - Avionics interfaces module design RFspin (www.rfspin.cz) - Antenna and RF design 13 Copyright 2011 Honeywell 2011-10-10
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