Course description
This five day course is intended to provide the aerospace professional with a technical and practical introduction to the subject of avionics.
The course is tailored to provide delegates with a broad overview of the discipline, focusing on functions, supporting technologies and avionic system design considerations.
Suitability - Who should attend?
The course is designed for graduate scientists and engineers who wish to pursue a career in avionics or in a field relating to avionics. It is also intended for airline professionals, including pilots, seeking a more in-depth and technical understanding of the subject.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
This five day course includes lectures and, discussion and sessions in Cranfield’s fixed base flight simulator. All delegates will receive a Certificate of Attendance upon completion of this course.
Training Course Content
Core content
- The cockpit environment – a historical overview, evolution and crew tasks; human factors issues
- Head down display technologies
- Head up displays
- Helmet mounted displays
- Airborne instrumentation and air data sensors
- Fundamentals of radio propagation and antenna design
- Navigation fundamentals
- Radio navigational aids; direction finding, VOR, DME, NDB, ILS, marker beacon
- Global positioning system (GPS)
- Inertial navigation systems (INS)
- Radar – Pulsed and continuous wave, SAR
- Databuses: basic concepts, ARINC 429/629/664 MIL-1553
- Fly-by-wire: Basic principles and A320 detailed case study
- Airborne surveillance systems: ACAS and TAWS
- Avionic system life cycle and design/procurement considerations
- Fault tolerant design
- Avionics function design and safety
- Certification
- Avionics hardware design, test and installation issues.
Course delivery details
Course structure
This five day course includes lectures and, discussion and sessions in Cranfield’s fixed base flight simulator.
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