Managing Mission Critical Products In Flight
summary
AirShip's VX unmanned air system is a reusable high-altitude VTOL platform that mounts two-stage rocket launch pods (12 launchers claimed) to loft clusters of small sats — six nanosats at 6.5 lb each or up to 1,000 femtosats — to LEO using ~17,600 mph ascent from ~30,000 ft. Design details include the alpha drive high-speed VTOL propulsion, 920 manufacturing segments, and software practices: DO-178C compliance, functional testing, worst-case execution timing, structural coverage, model-based and fuzz testing.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 10:37Software Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
- 11:22SOFTWARE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE
- 15:24Piccolo Autopilot and Command Center The Piccolo Autopilot control autonomous fight
- 18:04High Level Software and Communications Architecture
- 20:08Software Failure, Detention, and Accommodation
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