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WORK WITH US
DEVELOPING EVIDENCE FOR CERTIFICATION - AUTONOMOUS REMOTELY PILOTED SYSTEMS
The Virtual Engineering Centre’s unique ‘sandpit’ model allows technology organisations to enhance their capabilities through virtual innovation, accessing academic research and the latest scientific and technology infrastructure.
The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC),
in partnership with BAE Systems,
has developed a Virtual Engineering
Simulation Laboratory (VESL) for the integration,
test and generation evidence for certification
of components of Autonomous Remotely
Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
THE CHALLENGERPAS technologies are maturing rapidly however
the associated regulations to allow open access
to civilian airspace are yet to be fully formulated.
Current UK practice is to allow Unmanned
Aerial Systems (UAS) operation only in
segregated airspace or in non-segregated
airspace but restricted to line-of-sight operations,
below 400ft only. UK industry is working with the
regulatory bodies to develop a means by which
UAS can operate alongside existing airspace
users, in all classes of non-segregated UK
airspace. Therefore these new technologies
cannot yet be tested in the environment in
which they will ultimately be used.
THE SOLUTIONThe Virtual Engineering Centre has developed
tools and techniques that will allow both
industry and regulators to establish a ‘design
for certification’ ethos within the supply chain
where safety-critical software and hardware
is required.
The processes include requirements capture
and validation phases, as well as a means
of testing and evaluating whole Unmanned
Aerial Systems (UAS) and sub-system virtual
prototypes, with a view to being able to
demonstrate compliance with the relevant
airworthiness codes as early as possible
in the design cycle.
THE BENEFITSHaving developed a robust and accurate
process in the development of their virtual
prototypes with the VEC, Primes and SMEs
are able to integrate software models of
UAS and sub-systems that conform to the
applicable industry standards, into the VEC
framework. Linking this model to the High
Performance Computing (HPC) facility
accessible through the VEC’s partnership
with the Hartree Centre at STFC Daresbury
Laboratory, supporting evidence for
certification can be generated.
The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) delivers innovative solutions to industry through the exploitation of academic research and the latest scientific and technology infrastructure. Enhancing capability through Virtual Innovation, the VEC is the UK’s leading centre of Virtual Engineering technology integration for industrial and commercial applications.
A collaboration between the University
of Liverpool and the Hartree Centre,
Science and Technology Facilities Council
(STFC) Daresbury Laboratory, the VEC
delivers advanced modelling, simulation
and visualisation solutions and ease
of access to the UK’s most powerful
supercomputing facilities to enable
business growth and competitiveness.
For more information about how your
organisation could benefit from working
with the Virtual Engineering Centre:
+44 (0)1925 864853
virtualengineeringcentre.com