Overview
In search for a more competitive, multiple types of aircrafts, integrated modular avionics (IMA) based, avionics platform solution, the European aerospace industry has recently initiated the IMA2G paradigm thanks to the European Commission funded SCARLETT project.
The latter successfully validated a first underlying set of IMA2G concepts (Separate Core Processing resources from I/O resources, introduced resource segments typology of electronics solutions, provided platform services layer to function supplier etc.), thus creating the expected Distributed Modular Electronics (DME) breakthrough to lay IMA2G on solid foundations.
The goal of the work within ASHLEY is to go on carrying out research on top of the existing SCARLETT state-of-the-art in areas where innovations are likely to make the most of DME growth potential:
- Extension of DME concepts and solutions to other aircraft domains especially the open world domain, leading to the definition of DME security components.
- Common remote I/O resources typology including high integrity, time critical remote solutions.
- Multi-domains, secured Data Distribution services to streamline aircraft data distribution.
- Development of an efficient system designer oriented IMA2G Tooling Framework solution that remains compliant with IMA2G industrial and certification constraints.
- Development of a generation of digital i.e. smart sensors based on new advanced photonics technologies.
ASHLEY innovations will be supported by advanced processes, methods and tools for an efficient implementation in the future and which is validated thanks to the ASHLEY Large Scale aircraft representative Demonstrator.
By progressing as described above the European industry will be in a position to offer a common, secure multi-domain avionics platform solution across a global range of aircraft types, at a higher level of maturity at entry into service.