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Experience with ada on the f-18 high alpha research vehicle flight test program (Document No: 19920024795)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Le, Jeanette Thomson, Michael Earls, Michael Regenie, Victoria A. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Considerable experience was acquired with Ada at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility during the on-going High Alpha Technology Program. In this program, an F-18 aircraft was highly modified by the addition of thrust-vectoring vanes to the airframe. In addition, substantial alteration was made in the original quadruplex flight control system. The result is the High Alpha Research Vehicle. An additional research flight control computer was incorporated in each of the four channels. Software for the research flight control computer was written in Ada. To date, six releases of this software have been flown. This paper provides a detailed description of the modifications to the research flight control system. Efficient ground-testing of the software was accomplished by using simulations that used the Ada for portions of their software. These simulations are also described. Modifying and transferring the Ada for flight software to the software simulation configuration has allowed evaluation of this language. This paper also discusses such significant issues in using Ada as portability, modifiability, and testability as well as documentation requirements. |
| File Size | 982512 |
| Page Count | 20 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920024795 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3324vf4v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Flight Tests Ground Tests Ada Programming Language Airframes Research Vehicles Airborne/spaceborne Computers Vanes Research Facilities Applications Programs Computers Computerized Simulation F-18 Aircraft Flight Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
