A Seamless and End-to-End Approach for Early and Continuous Validation of Next-Generation Avionics Platforms

Abstract

Emerging technologies, such as multi-core avionics, mixed-critical systems on shared resources and the adaption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of avionics, drive a growth of complexity, as well as a higher uncertainty during early design phases for avionic platforms. This results in an error-prone and time-consuming development process, as these technologies have not yet been fully evaluated for avionics. Consequently, it is important to continuously validate design choices to detect potential design flaws as early as possible. This shall avoid unnecessary iterations during the development process, reduce related costs and ultimately, time to market. This work proposes a seamless and model-based concept for early and continuous validation of next generation avionics platforms through all their phases – design, implementation, testing and ultimately, integration.