Efficient Reconfigurable Cockpit Design and Fleet Operations using Software Intensive, Networked and Wireless Enabled Architecture (ECON)

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Sponsor: NASA Learn

The purpose of this project is to investigate the utility of software-intensive, networked, wireless, reconfigurable cockpit design for safe and efficient fleet operations.ÌýNetwork-enabled, cloud-based services have the ability to improve aircraft flight operations and fleet management. The cloud-based services and architecture will increase operational consistency, reduce need for software and some sub-systems to reside in every aircraft, and enable optimization across entire fleet.ÌýHowever, the use of cloud-based services relies on secure network communication in order to ensure the timely flow of information to dispersed decision-making elements, to ensure the veracity of data sources in the network, and to ensure the safety and validity of plans generated off-board the individual aircraft that ultimately act on the cloud-based decision. As a result, quality of service and cyber-security of the supporting network infrastructure are of major concern.ÌýA large collaborative team is being led by the NASA Ames Research Center.

We will make specific contributions in the area of cybersecurity for networked operations. Goals of the project include:

  1. Systematically enumeratingÌýthe attack surface for cloud controlled UAS;
  2. ImplementingÌýa cloud-based trajectory planning algorithm that routes aircraft around weather;
  3. Identifying quality of service demands for networked communication connecting aircraft to planning algorithms;
  4. InvestigatingÌýbasic Active Security concepts at network routing level.

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