A life cycle model for the development of airborne electronic equipment

Abstract

This paper describes a life cycle model for the development of electronic equipment for use on board military aircraft in the South African context. The life cycle model presented consolidates the activities of systems engineering, safety and certification, and quality assurance. The life cycle model provides a clear-cut and comprehensive framework for the development process in order to streamline planning and control. Concepts fundamental to the definition of a development process are identified and explained, and a generalised life cycle model is derived. Applications of this life cycle model in the description of development processes for airborne electronic equipment are presented

’n Lewenssiklusmodel word hier beskryf vir die ontwikkeling van elektroniese toerusting vir gebruik aanboord militêre vliegtuie in ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Hierdie lewenssiklusmodel konsolideer aktiwiteite wat vereenselwig word met stelselingenieurswese, vliegveiligheid en lugwaardigheidsertifisering, asook met kwaliteistsversekerings-beginsels. Die model bied ’n duidelike en omvattende raamwerk vir die ontwikkeling van lugwaardige elektroniese stelsels. Konsepte, onderliggend aan die ontwikkeling van hierdie stelsels, was geïdentifiseer en word omskryf en ’n generiese lewenssiklusmodel is afgelei. Toepassings van hierdie lewenssiklusmodel in die beskrywing van ontwikkelingsprosesse vir lugwaardige elektroniese toerusting word aangebied