Project-wise Reports of Sectorial Monitoring Committee

1. Project Title :Avionics and Flight Controls Civil Aerospace Technologies <AFCCAT­

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2. Project Details:

Nodal lab CSIR-NAL

Participating ----Labs

Nodal Officer Dr.C M Ananda and Mr. N Shantha Kumar

Taskforce Director, CSIR-NAL Chairman

Total Man Days 20 scientist and other Technical staff worked in the project apart from Project Assistants

Approved Cost Rs. 23.01crore

Actual Allocation Rs. 12.20 crore by CSIR

Fund utilized Rs.11.44 crore as on November 2016

3. Periodic Key Recommendations of Task Force;RC;Monitoring Committee

Details Key Recommendations of Task Action taken on Revised Deliverable

Force;RC; Monitoring Key (approved by Task Committee Recommendations Force)

Task Force 0 Approval of revised Deliverables revised Approved meeting held on deliverables in view of 28th April 2014 and reduced allocations by CSIR 30th May 2014 51st RC October 0 Possible application of IESVS The development is 2013 in high-end cars may be pilot scale. Being

explored explored for industrial partnership to take it to commercial scale

52nd RC, 0 Consideration and approval of Revised deliverables Revised deliverables December 2014 revised deliverables

considered by RC approved

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Task Force 16th& D The maintenance cost of DO Issue addressed in 17th October 2014 254 tool is very high, involve the ongoing FTT

CEMILAC and foreign project institutions in the process

Task Force 16th, D No specific comments ----20th and 21 July 2015 53rd RC, D Application of IGAPS to be MoU in place with November 2015 explored

TASL for international certification and worldwide marketing of IGAPS

Task Force 25th D CEMILAC certification Under finalisation and 26th May 2016 D01788!C standards for flight

critical aerospace applications. D Generation of basic

certification guidelines for IP cores in Indian context for flight safety critical applications.

4. Project Achievements:

Proposed Achieved If not Deliverables Deliverables achieved,

reasons thereof

WM1 Complex Electronics Certification Framework for 00-254 compliance

Architecture of certification framework The D0-254 framework is established. This NA for Complex Electronics compliant to deliverable achieved in first year of the project DO 254 Evolution and development of process The process and procedures already NA and procedures per DO 254 for flight developed. The documentation and report critical aerospace applications generation of the process is going on.

Achieved in current year Demonstration of the frame work with The framework already demonstrated using NA development of IMA global bus FPGA ARINC818 IP core and ARINC664 IP core. IP core Achieved in second year Establishment of DO 254 certification The D0-254 framework is NA framework and hardware life cycle established.Achieved current year process and integrate the same with system life cycle development with

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Proposed Achieved If not Deliverables Deliverables achieved,

reasons thereof

software development in loop WM2 Evolution of formal methods Techniques for Civil Aircraft

Application Proven Formal Methods workbench for Proven Formal Methods workbench for DO NA DO 1788;C standards for flight critical 1788;C standards for flight critical aerospace aerospace applications applications Process guidelines and Advisory Process guidelines and Advisory standards NA standards for using formal methods in for using formal methods in the integrated the inteQrated enQineering process engineering process

WM3 Reconf!_g_urable Flight Simulator Integration of eye tracking device into Eye tracking system installed and flight simulator commissioned in SARAS simulator. NA

Piloted evaluations and research in Effect of weather conditions onpilot mental human machine interface workload and situational studies completed,

Highway in the sky Symbology implemented. NA

WM4 Design and Development of Enhanced and Synthetic Vision System

Data acquisition system for EVS field Data acquisition system for EVS flight NA experiments. experiments on HANSAISARAS (With ARINC

429 interface). ESVS application on flight simulator (playback of EVS data, fuse with SVS Flight simulator for ESVS concept NA

and display) studies;research and pilot evaluation.

5. Outcomes and outputs from the projects:

a. Outcomes 1. Lead(S) identified: Number and names with TRL: Please refer page 5

2. Technology;Product developed: Number and names with TRL level of Development

D ARINC 664- Semi Commercial - TRL 6

D ARINC 818- Semi Commercial- TRL 6

D D0254 - Pilot Scale - TRL 5

D Formal Methods- Pilot Scale - TRL 5

D Eye Tracking System- Semi Commercial-TRL 5

D ESVS- Pilot Scale - TRL 5

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The technologies;leads developed are in pilot scale and semi commercial scale and needs up-scaling and industrial collaboration to become certified commercial products.

3. Technology;Product transferred: Number·and names with name of licensee(S):

Under discussion with ADAfor their future AMCA project and other private industries

4. Facility created: Number and names with uniqueness & utility:

D Four camera based eye tracking system costing Rs 60Lakhs with calibration setup created and installed in SARAS simulator. This can be reinstalled and recalibrated for other simulators:

D Enhanced Synthetic Vision System Simulator: Flight simulator for ESVS concept studies;research and pilot evaluation. Cost: Rs. 85 Lakhs.

D State of the Art: Integrated Formal-Model Based Framework (Open Architecture) for providing a platform for Advanced Software Engineering Experiments, Integrating un­related tools;methods 1 techniques to design-develop software flows, software metrics for delivering a high quality, high assurance, and high safety software Cost: Rs. 59.0 L

D First in India state of the art Complex Electronics Systems Laboratory has been established to address the complex Electronics complete life cycle management from requirements to certification compliant to DO 254. The facility is equipped with integrated complete toolset to address advanced design, testing and verification process for complex electronics life cycle - Costing Rs. 60 L

5. Sponsored projects obtained (With details)

D Rs.13.53Lakhs from ARDB sponsored project titled "Quantifying pilot performance under high workload conditions"< 2013-15).

D Rs.24.90 Lakhs from ARDB sponsored project titled "Enhanced Vision System for Aircraft" (20 13-16).

D Rs.28.40 Lakhs from ADA sponsored project - titled "Basic Simulator for Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft" ADAIAMCAI55;112;2014

6. External Cash Flow (ECF) generated

From strategic sector ADA& ARDB to the tune of Rs.66.83 lakhs as detailed above.

7. Societal impact created (quantified data): NA

b. Outputs:

1. Technical Reports: 1 04

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2. Publications: Conference Paper: 18. SCI publication: 10

3. Patents (Or other forms of IP generated such as Copyrights, Designs etc.): NA

i. Filed ii. Granted iii. Licensed

4. Human Resource generated i. PhD fellows (give PhDs completed & pursuing separately): 4

ii. Masters;B.Tech Students:23Masters students and 42 B. Tech students

iii. Project fellows: 9

iv. Skills imparted: 12

-Including skill set developed for technical services; consultancy; training purposes

c. External collaborations established: ADA, ARDB, HAL, BOSCH

Technology Lead

identified

ARINC818 IP CORE

ARINC664 IP CORE

D0-254 framework

Advanced software engineering and application of formal methods to

Salient features

Airborne Video communication IP for high bandwidth avionics video and data communication from Mission Computer to the cockpit displays. The IP Core has features for both Video and Data communication simultaneously in the same fiber

Airborne data communication IP core for high bandwidth data based global bus for complete avionics and flight controls connectivity. The IP Core is state of the art protocol in the market.

Qualification framework for Airborne IP cores. This framework will eventually be used by DGCA and CEMILAC for setting up the base for D0-254 qualification process and methodologies in INDIA

D A unique platform with open architecture capable of configuration based on the application domain.

D A unique platform to integrate tools; methods; techniques in the various software life-cycle

Current TRL

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IPR Status Status of DPR/Commercial Technical Report Technical report

Not applicable being prepared capability building

project.

Technical report Not applicable being prepared capability building

project.

Technical report Not applicable being prepared capability building

project.

Technical report Not applicable being prepared capability building

project.

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avionics phases. systems 0 An integrated platform for

establishing various software workfiows by means . of experimentation and optimize the SDLC to provide safe and reliable certification compliant software in minimum time.

0 An integrated platform which aids in providing the compliance to software safety standards.

Enhanced o Integrated EVS with dual sensors Technical report Synthetic <L WIR + Ultra low light CMOS) and Not applicable being prepared Vision SVS with fiight Symbology 5. capability System o Cater to fiight operations in CAT I building (ESVS) for visibility condition project. Regional Transport Aircraft

6. Sectoral Monitoring Committee Recommendations on Lead/Technology/Product (listed

above):(To be filled in after the SMC meeting)

For each Lead/Technology/Product provide details separately:

Criteria SMC Recommendations

Name of Lead/Technology 1. ARINC 818 IP core and DO 254

/Product D Further effort should be towards to develop certifiable system for application to civil and military aircraft

2. IESVS D Development work to be accelerated with sensors

for day/night and all weather operation.

Is the Lead/ Yes

Technology/Product worth taking up further?

What is the further R&D efforts D Collaboration with sister labs ISRO, DRDO and liT-

that need to be put by CSIRICSIR Madras is essential for successful development

laboratories? D Development work (IESVS) to be accelerated with

sensors for day/night and all weather operation.

D Technologies developed to be tested/validated on

fiying platforms (SARAS, Hansa ,CNM-5 and LCA).

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D Order of magnitude increase in resources is vital

D International collaboration is recommended.

Global benchmarking of the D ARINC 818 is on par with global technologies D IESVS technology development to be taken up at

Lead!T ech nology/Product international consortium level.

specifically wrt specifications and cost

Is the Lead/Technology/Product Yes

worthy of commissioning a DPR at this stage?

What are the likely resources and Project duration 3 years time duration required for taking

forward the identified Lead/

Technology/Product to the desired TRL?

Potential stake holders who may D DRDO, ADA, HAL and M/s Astronautics, Israel be appropriate to partner

D DRDO, DLR Germany, CAE Canada technically as well as financially

Suggestion for plausible road Already indicated map towards further development of

lead/technology/product for achieving desired TRL

GO/NO GO further development Go

Other suggestions, if any, related

to benefits/usage/ commercialization

7. Identified "lessons to be learnt", especially from shortcomings/failures.

D Need to enhance technical expertise (IESVS)

8. Comments on financial progress on the project -fund availability and utilization of fund in the project:

D As on November 2016, out of the allocations of Rs.12.20 crore, an expenditure of Rs.11.44

crore (93. 77% utilization) has been incurred. The financial progress is satisfactory.

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9. Sectoral Monitoring Committee Recommendations on Facility creation or other outcomes:

D Avionics IP core developed by CSIR-NAL are at par with existing technology denial.

10. Grading of Project Execution: Outstanding/Excellent/Satisfactory/Un-satisfactory

Very good

11. Additional comments, if any:

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Signature of Chairman & all Members of Sectoral Monitoring Committee

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