Project Title:

Expert Systems for Flight Control Systems Verification

03.10-8161
Expert Systems for Flight Control Systems Verification
Sparta, Inc.
23041 Avenida de la Carlota - Suite 400
Laguna Hills
CA
92653-1507
Pio
de Feo
(714-768-8161)
ARC

Abstract:

This innovation applies a knowledge-based system for automatic verification and optimization
of flight control systems (FCS). The major elements include: real-time simulation
of the aircraft's dynamics, the flight-control computers (FCC), and the test and
optimization manager (TOM). The TOM, thekey component, accepts high level test objectives
from the test engineer, translates them into sets of initial conditions for the aircraft
simulation and the FCC, controls execution, collects test outputs, and performs the
fine tuning of the control laws all automatically. It will be implemented using available
artificial intelligence software and hosted in a workstation. The benefits of this
approach are: increased confidence in the verification process through the use of
prior experience that may not exist within small teams of test engineers, effective
utilization of equipment which is typically in high demand, and rapid flight test
turnaround.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications:  The results of this project could applied by
military and commercial airframe and avionic companies and for other real-time, critical
applications such as automated control of nuclear reactors.