Along with the exponential development of the information communication technology, increasing number of advanced aircraft‘s including F-35 are adopting software.
Main function of systems, ranging from flight control, mission, and weapon management...
Along with the exponential development of the information communication technology, increasing number of advanced aircraft‘s including F-35 are adopting software.
Main function of systems, ranging from flight control, mission, and weapon management to aviation, communication, sensor and engine are all controlled by software.
As the integrity of software is directly related with the safety, compliance to the verified development process and military standard is strictly required from the planning stage.
If there's an issue with aircraft software, it might lead to a loss of both aircraft and life.
Therefore securing safety of software is significant.
Thus, the SCF(safety critical function) related software which are adopted on military aircraft like fighters to assure safety, is designated as SSE(safety support element), and are applied to more stringent development process.
Therefore, it is essential to clearly identify software's safety support element at the early stage of aircraft development, and this is critical part in airworthiness certification.
The standard for airworthiness certification of domestically developed military aircraft software is DAPA's Airworthiness Certification Standard Part I, which is drafted based on US's MIL-HDBK-516C.
However, there are unclear part as the introduction of standards was relatively recent, and the specific identification standard is not standardized yet.
Hence, lack of past cases is becoming an issue during airworthiness certification process.
Following paper researched analysis model of aircraft-adopted software's safety critical function through an analysis of US Airworthiness Circular AC-17-01.
Thus, based on the relevant studies, the paper verified the suitability of the analysis model by adopting it to an actual development project of a military aircraft system.
The paper produced the certifying evidence that proves airworthiness and developed airworthiness certification methodology of aircraft‘s that will be developed in future.