{"title":"High reliability in spacecraft computer systems","authors":"J. A. Edwards","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290903","url":null,"abstract":"One approach to high reliability in spacecraft computer subsystems is to provide layers of redundancy, fault tolerance through detection and recovery circuitry, coupled with radiation hardening. The additional circuitry required for high reliability can significantly increase the size, weight and power consumption of the subsystem. Today's spacecraft are smaller and cannot afford the added power and weight or cost of traditional redundant computer subsystems. The high reliability systems that depend on 38510 grade 1 electrical parts are often too expensive. To keep the computer subsystem power, weight and cost to a minimum, the computer could be based on an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) intensive architecture. With internally redundant ASICs, the computer subsystem can be kept to a minimum size, weight, power while still achieving low cost. Additional features, such as error detection and correction (EDAC) on both the address and data busses, and triply redundant voted control lines add significantly to the reliability of the computer subsystem. Often the computer can easily meet the mission reliability requirements using either all 38510 grade 2 electrical parts or a mix of grade 1 and 2 parts, which greatly reduces system cost.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128674049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mission relevant testing","authors":"M. Lopez, M. Horman, T. Luu, H. Orlando","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290809","url":null,"abstract":"A methodology for determining test criteria based on specific mission requirements has been developed which allows greater flexibility in setting pass/fail criteria for automated testing. The rationale for the introduction of mission relevant testing is given along with an illustrative example of its use. The example shows how mission relevant testing can be useful in providing pass/fail criteria which maximizes the utility of sensor systems in specific missions.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117052301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vector quantization based target cueing","authors":"R. W. Call, D. Pulsipher","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290922","url":null,"abstract":"An imagery based Automatic Target Cueing (ATC) system implies a need for increasingly complex image processing and data handling techniques. Many conventional ATC techniques fall short of handling the volumes of data generated by new sensor systems in a timely and effective manner. This paper describes new Vector Quantization (VQ) based ATC techniques that have resulted in many innovative solutions to basic ATC problems and have advanced the state-of-the-art in crucial areas of image exploitation. In addition, VQ based ATC offers a new look at target recognition, combining elements of image compression and pattern recognition. This paper briefly outlines the theory of Vector Quantization (VQ) based target cueing in the compressed domain. The VQ coding procedure forms vectors from groups of spatial and/or spectral pixel information, and represents those groups of data by reference to a code book. The experiment reported consists of analyses of thirty-six frames of image data. Results are shown in terms of probability of detection versus false alarms per frame.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122752560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Franco-American cooperative design of VAMP avionics modules","authors":"P. Noel, E. Schelling","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290847","url":null,"abstract":"A cooperative program has been undertaken since 1989 between Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Dassault Electronique, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed upon by USAF and DGA (French DoD). This joint effort has been carried out under the VHSIC Avionics Modular Processor (VAMP) program. The goal was the development of three advanced avionic modules for the French DoD's and USAF's programs: PMF, a 32-bit military processor originally developed for different uses (Avionics, Navy, Army); NVM module, non-volatile memory (8 mbytes EEPROM); HSDB module, bus interface unit for the High Speed Data Bus (Referring to the AS 4074 Linear Token Passing Bus (LTPB) standard). This effort aims at establishing a high degree of interoperability for future NATO systems. These modules were designed under an equally balanced program in which studies and development were to be shared. The paper outlines the key technical issues in the development of each of these modules. It shows also how these modules are integrated and used in the Wright Laboratory Integrated Test Bed and what could be an associated future development.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"162 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116457469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a comprehensive management information system for a large R&D laboratory","authors":"R. Panella, F.H. Jendrian","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290974","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of a management information system (MIS), named ASTARS, for the United States Air Force Wright Laboratory. The vision of this development is to provide a corporate MIS that is user friendly, and provides decision support to all levels of Laboratory personnel. The development included the following phases: organization needs analysis, requirements definition, prototyping, system design, coding, deployment, and operations. Three aspects of the ASTARS MIS program are described: (1) system description including hardware and software aspects; (2) spiral software development process was followed, including application of the principles of total quality management (TQM), and principles of corporate information management (CIM); (3) system performance metrics are used to track operational suitability; critical success factors metrics are used to track corporate status. The ASTARS Program is currently in the initial operational phase. There are over 200 frequent users (57 are \"power\" users). Even in the initial operational phase, management changes have been implemented and efficiencies realized. The ASTARS Program has provided valuable insights into the operations functioning of the organization, and offers potential for significant improvements in business practices.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"249 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125759915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employment assistance for IEEE members","authors":"A. B. Showalter","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290798","url":null,"abstract":"IEEE-USA's Employment Assistance Committee (EAC) provides U.S. members with two groups of products. Job search materials are available at no charge to IEEE's unemployed members above student grade, and group activity materials are available for IEEE Sections to help their unemployed members. Materials sent to individuals include the updated, two-volume Employment Guide For Engineers And Scientists, a PEER II brochure, a Job Search Record Book, and a packet of employment assistance articles. The author discusses these and other publications and workshops for the IEEE engineers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127007321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance evaluation of radar imaging approaches","authors":"Z. She, Zhaoda Zhu","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290931","url":null,"abstract":"Radar image formation is usually influenced by a lot of factors in radar signal processing. As a result, it is necessary to consider the performance of various radar imaging approaches at some undesirable situations. In this paper, we firstly present the semblance measure between two radar images to evaluate the effects of errors in quantity. Some radar imaging methods are then reviewed. Finally, the simulation results are given to illustrate the degradation of various radar imaging approaches resulting from four kinds of errors by use of the real data of model F-16 which is collected in a microwave anechoic chamber.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130957614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Marsh, S. Ruberg, C. Boettcher, E. Trujillo, S. Oxford
{"title":"Object-oriented management of real-time data in integrated avionics architectures","authors":"J. Marsh, S. Ruberg, C. Boettcher, E. Trujillo, S. Oxford","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290968","url":null,"abstract":"The trend towards integrating functions in advanced avionics systems fielded by the Air Force is having a profound impact on the way data is managed and used in those systems. To develop innovative data management approaches that are needed for future and upgraded Air Force systems, Wright Laboratory initiated the Functionally Integrated Resource Manager (FIRM) Program. This paper describes trends in avionics data management, integrated avionics architectures and software, their database impact, and system-level approaches to database management developed under the FIRM Program. Using sensor fusion and integrated sensor management as examples, object-oriented approaches, issues, and tradeoffs to managing shared data in advanced avionics systems, are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133993624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The new real-multiplier FFT-j algorithms","authors":"Yiquan Wu, Zhaoda Zhu","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290899","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper four different versions of the DFT (DFT-j,j=I,II,III,IV) are first introduced, Then, the relationship among four different versions of the DFT and their inherent properties are explored. The new real-multiplier FFT-j algorithms are proposed for all four versions of the N=2/sup m/ DFT. The algorithm formulae are derived, represented by Kronecker product and direct sum. Finally, the signal flowgraph for the length-2/sup 3/ FFT-j is given to illustrate the proposed algorithms. The computational complexity is analysed and a comparison is made with other existing real-multiplier FFT algorithms. The proposed algorithms require the minimum number of arithmetic operations and use real multipliers and allow in-place computation. Besides, the proposed algorithms have very simple and regular structure. They have been implemented by software and have been finding practical applications.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"260 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121316796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent scheduling optimization using a rule-based artificial neural network","authors":"S.M. Ruegsegger","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.1993.290840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.1993.290840","url":null,"abstract":"Requirements for greater precision and reduced rejection/acceptance errors demand improved inspection methods that can be provided by implementing increased automation into the quality control (QC) process. Automated inspection planners can require significant human interface work deciphering the generated output, often requiring more work than the service they provide. The output of an automated inspection planner needs to produce a process plan that would resemble one created by an expert inspector. This paper discusses the implementation of an artificial neural network (ANN) to optimize the sequence of inspection points based upon inspection rule criteria. Using features from a feature-based CAD, the automated inspection planner uses the inspection rules to create \"rule matrices\" that the ANN will use to sequence the inspection points to be probed by a coordinate measurement machine (CMM). This is an extension of the familiar traveling salesman problem (TSP) solved by a Hopfield neural network.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":183796,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference-NAECON 1993","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116596458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}