An Analysis Tool for Flight Test of Airborne Display Software

Abstract

Airborne display systems provide pilots with a variety of information needed to operate aircraft. Software faults in the display system can seriously affect the operation of the aircraft, because it can provide inaccurate information to the pilot. Therefore, the software faults are identified and eliminated through ground testing and flight testing. This paper presents an analysis tool called FDR (flight data replay) for flight test of airborne display software. This tool works in real time with the mission computer of aircraft. Also, the tool reproduces the functional error conditions that appear in the display systems by applying flight test data to the display software.