Technical Paper
SUBSYSTEM INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
1992-10-01
922006
This paper describes the systematic integration methodology utilized to assess the subsystem design process and identify integration technologies across different aircraft utility subsystems. The methodology was developed in support of the Air Force Study Contract SUIT (SUbsystem Integration Technology). Traditionally, the design of aircraft utility subsystems has been accomplished individually by each subsystem designer who is responsible for insuring that subsystem interfaces are defined according to a set of accepted industry practices and guidelines. Each subsystem design is optimized with respect to its driving parameters and retains the previously defined interfaces. The task of the airframe or engine integrator is to install these subsystems in the aircraft or the power plant and to control the subsystem interfaces. Therefore, the utility subsystem suite that exists in modern aircraft has not been designed from the ground up in an integrated collaborative manner.