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A Perspective on Embedded Real Time Software in Commercial

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Charles Champion

Summary

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Commercial Aviation context and trends

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Ambition and Challenges ahead

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A Roadmap shared by all Actors

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Key Challenges for ERTS

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Commercial Aviation context and trends

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3.6 Billion pax 51.2 million tonnes of Fret $2.7 Trillion GDP

Source: ATAG 2018

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A GROWTH MARKET

4% per year

more than double since 2001

BUT…

• Strong exposure to « plane bashing » because of perceived impact on

global warming, noise, social cleavage

• Strong correlation to economic growth now impacted by trade war
• Very large order books for single aisle aircraft with signs of market

softening in terms of net orders and large aircraft

• Growth pulled by Asia and low‐cost

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Ambition & challenges ahead

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European Union Flightpath 2050

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Aviation Industry goal to become C0² neutral despite growth

‐75%

CO²

‐90%

NOX

‐65%

NOISE

ref Y2000

Strong Inertia to introduce new technologies

Aircraft last 30 years Certification Rules are lengthy & conservative Many Stakeholders

Increasing complexity

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Challenges related to Aircraft lifecycles

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• 30 years ago the A320 first Fly By Wire airliner

still alive and kicking!

• 30 years from now…2050!
• A/C production: 30 to 50 years
• A/C upgrades: 6 to 15 years
• Hardware cycle: 3 to 5 years
• Software cycle: 6 to 12 months

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Challenges related to Increasing Complexity:

the example of Automatic Control

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• Managing Complexity needs a Paradigm Shift :

Architecture, Agile Methods, Artificial Intelligence… and Certification rules

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 60 40 20 80 100

Electronic Equipment Nb

with Integrated Modular Avionics

Analog equipment Full digital equipment

Lines of Code (Flight Control)

2M 0,5M 1M 1,5M 2015 2,5M 3M 120

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A Roadmap shared by all Actors

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• Safety

Security Performance Costs

• Industry

Airlines ATM Airports Improve current operations Improve current platforms

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Prepare technological ruptures

• Alternative to Kerosene

Develop and implement new Methods, Tools, Way of Working

• Multi Disciplinary Optimization, Model Based Systems Engineering,

Simulation, Digital Continuity, Configuration Management…

Leverage technological developments from other Industries Leverage Numerical transformation

• e.g. Automotive
• Sensors, Data, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive sciences…

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New Engines on existing products Advanced composites Additive Layer Manufacturing Predictive maintenance

On the track of improving Aerodynamic Fuel Weight Operations Towards new configurations & Urban Air Mobility Through better integration & architecture

Enhance existing platforms & preparing for new configurations

More Electrical Aircraft Laminar flow Flightpath Optimisation Boundary Layer Ingestion Open Rotor Distributed propulsion Hybrid propulsion Formation Flight

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KEY CHALLENGES for ERTS

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1st Challenge : How to share Data and where to locate decision making?

Commercial Aviation is a System of Systems :

Airlines ‐ ATM Air Traffic Management ‐ Airports ‐ Aircraft Manufacturers – Engine and OEMs – MROs Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul... ‐ What Decisions shall be made at Aircraft level?

‐ What Data is required at Aircraft level? This is key to define ERTS strategy both for specifying the next generations and enhancing existing products

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2nd Challenge : Add value at Aircraft level

Time to decide drives the required performance for embedded systems:

• Aviate/Fly

Safety/Efficiency Seconds / Minutes

Resilience to multiple failures

• Navigate

Safety/Efficiency Minutes Diversion/Rerouting/ATM4D

• Communicate

Efficiency/Reliability Minutes/Hours Diagnosis/Actions

Data is key:

Moving from a traditional ATA approach to a Data centric approach at Aircraft level thus allowing to define the sensors architecture. Conversely Resilience to Data e.g. sensor failure, voluntary corruption of data is of the essence: security – detection ‐ reconfiguration ERTERTS 2020

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3rd Challenge : What will the role of Human be?

From enhancing human capabilities to full autonomy...

2 Key aspects : Certification Towards non deterministic approaches and self learning systems which require much faster feedback loops from operations across the fleet(s) Human Centric Design Moving from classical senses HMI towards cognitive neurosciences e.g. workload/stress, situation awareness and reaction to signals Concrete application: Single Pilot Operations

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4th Challenge : Time is of the Essence

Next Generation of Real Time embedded Software is an exciting challenge... Yet a New Aircraft launched today will only start to have an impact 20 years from now! So enhancing Current Fleets of Arcraft is of the essence to

• Improve Safety
• Minimize Environmental Impact of Aviation
• Improve overall efficiency

This is also what Embedded Real Time Software is about!

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