Flight Data Recorder Data-set Evolution

AIRBUS Customer Services

Presented by Joël Le Lann
23th October 2018
Agenda
1. Introduction

2. Current & future solutions

3. End-users benefits

4. Deployment plan

5. Conclusion

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1. Introduction

 We introduce a new way to read the FDR specification in FRED format using XML files form.

FRED: Flight Recorder Electronic Documentation (ARINC 647A)

Quick
Access
Recorder
(QAR)

Aircraft
system
Digital Flight
Flight Data Data
Acquisition
Recorder
unit
(DFDR)

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1. Introduction

 This presentation does not concern the below associated thematic :

- SKYWISE (data lake),
- FOMAX connectivity,
- DAR (Digital ACMS Recorder)

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1. Introduction
This presentation is intended for following public:

 Operational Maintenance
 Incident / Accident Investigation
 Flight Safety

The following Operational Tasks, driven by the Authorities’ Requirements, have been identified
using the FDR documentation:
 FDR data full functional check to be performed every 1 to 2 years
 Flight Data Monitoring (FDM)
 Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA)

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2. Current solution

Current FDR data use:

Data
BUS ARINC717
Collection FDR
FDIMU

RAW
DATA
SFE

data
Manual Manual analysis Data exploitation
FDRPL adaptation adaptation Tool set
&
DFDRS

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2. Current solution

FDRPL: Flight Data Recorder Parameters Library

DFDRS: Digital Flight Data Recorder System

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2. Current solution
airnavX >> MyLibrary >> FDRPL

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2. Current solutions
airnavX >> MyLibrary >> FDRPL

FDRPL example SA A320 CFMI SAGEM

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2. Current solutions
airnavX >> MyLibrary >> DFDRS

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2. Current solutions
airnavX >> MyLibrary >> DFDRS

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2. Future solution

Future FDR data use:

Data
BUS ARINC717
Collection FDR
FDIMU

RAW
DATA
SFE

data
Manual Manual analysis Data exploitation
adaptation adaptation Tool set
eFDR*

*eFDR: Evolution of Flight Data Recorder Data-set

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2. Future solution

EVOLUTION of Flight Data Recorder Data-set

eFDR
Data-set

- Unique standardised Format ARINC 647A-1

- All programs in same Standard

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2. Future solution : example A320 XML file

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3. End-users benefits

Main benefits for end-users are:

 No manual adaptation of calibration files  error risk reduction

 Unique data standardised format for all Airbus aircraft types

 Simplification of FDR data analysis

 XML files are readable with a large panel XML-file readers available on the market

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4. Deployment plan
Next FDR Dataset
Revision

FDRPL
+
DFDRS

FDR data-set
evolution

Aircraft delivered before Aircraft delivered after

FDR Dataset next FDR Dataset next
revision revision
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5. Conclusion

Flight Recorder Electronic Airbus is switching

Documentation (FRED) To FRED open XML-based
is ARINC 647A standard format

BENEFITS ARE:

FRED is an open standard.

File changes can easily be
It promotes improved ONE UNIQUE standard for
compared using standard
collaboration between Airbus Aircrafts types:
text comparison tools
organisations FRED files in XML format

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 Questions / Answers

Any questions?

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Thank you